It has only been about eight months since the first stories about the keychain-sized Raspberry Pi computer appeared, but word came last week that the finalized device has gone into production and will be available next month for the price point of $35. That’s a little bit more than the originally hoped-for price of $25, but a model with no network adapter and less memory will be available at that price point later this year. As general purpose computers are giving way to locked-down devices with embedded computers, the availability of very-low-end computers that still have enough horsepower to run Linux and be used for all sorts of purposes, is not unimportant.
So what goes better with a tiny computer than a 1 terabyte flash drive? How about if that flash drive is on your Swiss Army knife? Though everybody complained that there were no big announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, Victorinox, the maker of Swiss Army knives, did announce that they were upgrading their knife-with-a-flash-drive to include the “world’s smallest high-capacity SSD”. There’s even a “flight-friendly” option so you can pass through airport security…although if the TSA catches you packing a tiny computer AND a big storage device, they’re likely to decide you’re a terrorist anyway.
