ioSafe, the makers of the fire- and water-proof Rugged Portable hard drives, have just announced the next generation of drives that are both Thunderbolt compatible and thunderbolt proof. Not only does the drive hook up to a Thunderbolt-enabled Mac, but it's also safe in a lightning storm -- or, perhaps more commonly, an electricity short from a bad power outlet.
The company invited the Mac|Life editors out to a warehouse this afternoon to put these shock-proof drives through the test. Click through the gallery for a quick look, and stay tuned next week when we post the video of all the action.
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Redhead95
January 11, 2012 at 10:10pm
Great job Iosafe, you figured out how to make a faraday cage for a hard drive. Now I don't have to worry about my hard drive mounted hundreds of feet above my house on a giant metal pole that gets struck by lighting every 2 hours.
Does it look cool, yes. Important, no. I thought their video where they set it on fire, poured water on it, smashed it, then pulled the drive out of the corpse of the case to find it working was much more impressive and applicable.
