June 27, 2008 10:22 AM PDT

A ladybug with multiple personalities

by Mike Yamamoto
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We really don't know what to make of this gadget, for a variety of reasons. First there's the odd combination of features--memory card reader, flash drive, USB charger, and a UV counterfeit money detector, of all things. Then there's the $9.99 price, which can barely buy a keychain these days. But weirdest of all is the design: a ladybug.

One can't help but wonder what goes through the mind of an engineer who comes up with something like this. Actually, it's probably just as well that this twisted thought process isn't applied to something even more bizarre. Whatever the case, this gizmo certainly lives up to its billing as a "multi-functional" device. Whether anyone will want this particular combination of functions, of course, is another question.

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by Jjesse285 June 27, 2008 12:38 PM PDT
Ok, but can it fly? Well even if it can not take off I think it cute, but what else can it do beside sat by the capt. chair? You did say a UBS what you-call-it?
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