Weekend Project: Make a Sneaky USB Battery!

This Weekend Project is the USBattery from MAKE Magazine Volume 16. Conceal a flash drive in a AA battery!
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[@marcuscoster6529]

Man, I though the video was about a hidden USB external battery.

[@daniellee6912]

me too :/

[@michellalonde5894]

Me too ! But instead, it's how to scrap something good, to do something not so good !

[@marcuscoster6529]

Michel Lalonde Right!

[@realvivifromloona]

Marcus Coster Im not alone!

[@kevintopete1049]

I thought it was some sort of hidden sub charger

[@armsox]

2:46 look how bent the port is lmfao

[@1337Ox]

+majestic waluigi LOL

[@jakobbentley3979]

ok... how the hell are you gonna use that if there is no way to plug that into the computer.... the flash drive head is bent all to fuck

[@lowdowncuzz07]

You simply unfold it, he hasn't soldered it to the board or anything; just making it compact so it fits into the super sneaky USB battery encasing.

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

Porn does not merit such high level security measures.

[@einanton5996]

There is no big enough storage device for all my -porn- sorry... I meant important data.

[@sain8827]

Ein Anton Documents...Yes, that's right...Documents ;)

[@MayanPudding]

Hyan36 It depends on what kind of porn

[@foresthillwolf7998]

Sydney Noway judging by your profile picture, you are probably here for the same reason I am. Downloading the entire e621 servers XD

[@healer1000040]

make a zip file with password.

[@vbk929]

Or just buy a plastic already made one off ebay that wont poison you

[@intheshitter]

You can also use it to hide cocaine.

[@realvivifromloona]

intheshitter Hey!

[@losescrewzz4654]

doesn't work for joints though so I just stuffed the tube full and smoked it like that

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

Justin Tyme Because it's metal, does that mean it's reusable? :D

[@natmax99]

By "Secret Stuff" he means Porn.

[@StevenPersonal]

this is the 5th time I've seen that comment

[@Mo_998]

yeah.......secret stuff.

[@Mo_998]

Mahmood S WOAH! came here a year later and I was gonna write the exact same comment, but I was like WOAH I already written it a year ago. wowwwwwwww

[@thedankoona_5854]

Looll

[@tiagotiagot]

To make it even stealthier, you could insert a 1.5v button cell inside and wire it to the AA's terminals so it will still work as a battery if anyone tries it.

[@joebonsaipoland]

That was so stupid. What was the point?

[@Vtrontv]

my mom threw that at garbage :( now i lost my SEcRet stuff :/

[@acman0926]

hillary could have hundreds of these in her fridge

[@pcross84]

Along with the hundreds of vials of adrenochrome.

[@veazix]

Welp, guess this battery doesn't work :/ 2 weeks later... WHERE DID ALL MY PORN GO!?!?

[@tadams39]

Why are you guys judging the project? It's supposed to be something to do to pass the time. I enjoy the different ideas that Kip brings to the table. Thanks Kip and keep them coming... :)

[@ElectronPower]

Then someone wants to use your "battery", then finds out it's not working and throws it away with all your "secret" stuff on the usb key XD

[@MarkNiceyard]

DO NOT construct objects for everyday use from toxic waste. The inside of a battery is quite unhealthy if in contact with skin. I would not recommend to handle the final product without protection. Even if it is cleaned well, there are still toxic remnants. Batteries are not made for being opened!

[@PeterKwanvt80]

A non alkaline cell as used here doesn't pose much chemical risk. The most dangerous chemical is even allowable as a food additive. Look up E510.

[@sunstreet1000]

Peter Kwan Yep, use protection, don't handle without a condom, you can't be too careful. Infact if you happen to be Irish use 3 condoms, to be sure to be sure to be sure!

[@mishabm316]

How many "secret stuff" can you have in a 1GB flash drive?

[@mishabm316]

That's so secret for not being discovered and shamed

[@KirilStanoev]

Usually 4 though once I managed to store 5 secret stuff

[@Salpeteroxid]

Or you could just encrypt a drive...

[@solittleusernames]

Both of you are right kind of. Magnets can erase Floppy drives and really powerful magnets can erase the hard drive memory but you could only find such magnets in laboratories or probably some gov. agency. The magnets inside the Hard drive aren't enough to erase the memory, and flash drives (as in this case) can't have their memory erased with an magnet.

[@jesper1406]

Or take a bigger battery, where the hole thing fits into.

[@Agouti]

Far, FAR better to just hide a micro-SD card somewhere and have a USB reader for it in your drawer/laptop bag. An equally viable alternative is some password protected online storage such as DropBox or a myriad of others. Hell, doesn't even matter if you have a drive that is easy to find just encrypt the important stuff or put it in a password protected .rar or .7z

[@Agouti]

Unless a weak password was used (short/ vulnerable to dictionary attack) or you have some insane SHA256/AES hashing rig it will take a long time: Mixed case, numbers and some easy symbols makes 80 different characters, 10 chars long 80^10 = .1.1e19, at a reasonable 300 Million Hash per sec it would take 160 years to hit every combination. Regardless, a Micro-SD is still easier to hide than some jerry-rigged USB drive - you only need to hide the data, not the interface,

[@einanton5996]

Agouti Or you just use the backdoor.... in like 20 seconds?!

[@Agouti]

Yes for old style .zip, no such thing with modern 7z or rar. Feel free to prove me wrong.

[@HalleHamar]

I'm thinking the same as James McNeil. Magnets and data storage don't combine very well...

[@adamevans6000]

YOUR STILL LIVING IN THE STONE AGE IT WILL WORK FINE

[@blackneos940]

Alkaline, Alcohol... Albedamned..... :D

[@thecaptainofsweden]

No. Flash memory cells are not affected by magnetism in any way like, for example, a mechanical hard drive.

[@RimsideStudios]

Only on hard drives with a rotating disk. The new solid state drives and usbs and whatnot does not get erased by magnets.

[@patrickr991]

Exactly what kind of porn are you hiding on that thumb drive?

[@Ghost82uk]

why would you seal it with a magnet, using a magnet you'd run the risk of blanking the usb storage

[@larss7708]

It's solid state, not a magnetic hdd

[@StevenPersonal]

the 100000000000000000000000000000000^100000000000000 time i've seen this comment

[@Ghost82uk]

well thats bound to happen after 3 years

[@Maxlump]

about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike

[@ArnoModelstate]

I know it's a very old vid but a very cool idea. Got 1 thing that might be wrong here and that the wire connections from the USB to the board. Seem to be flipped (2:28 yellow on the top) so it doesn't work. Better would be to wrap the wire around the board and have the connector hang on the other side.

[@soupflood]

Carbon is not dangerous, unless you inhale the powder. The battery has some acid in it though. Covering the memory board with hot glue would probably prolonge its life a bit more.

[@jessemoore3512]

Magnets + Solid Stage Storage = NO!!!!

[@TheMetalButcher]

How do you figure?

[@sinjon]

I think you mean solid state. Magnets won’t affect a thumb drive

by secret you meen porn?

[@jafari923]

By "meen" you mean "mean"?

Yes I meant mean just auto correct I'd kiling me

[@ElectricityTaster]

or just buy a micro sd card.

[@fluff_thorrent]

@sandman366 Couple of answers: 1. No, flash drives do not store data magnetically. 2. Yeah (if you're referring to a larger battery housing, otherwise no).

[@marcinmika1]

Porno secret pendrive :)

[@luismontoya5973]

whats the point of this?

[@luismontoya5973]

+Justin Tyme but what if I am not a porn user? wouldn't this be better for people doing illegal stuff

[@losescrewzz4654]

Not really, to get it there to begin with you have to run it through the computer. So its still on the computer. It's kind of worthless. I was looking at usb battery chargers and found this . not all all what I thought it was going to be. So now I'm just trolling this dudes comment section

[@luismontoya5973]

+Justin Tyme nice! sounds like a good time waster. his videos are kinda cool tho.

[@losescrewzz4654]

Ya I just checked his channel out , I'm going to go piss off some flat earthers have a good one.

[@luismontoya5973]

+Justin Tyme sounds fun dude! u seem nice like my kind of person!

[@ferotakis]

LAME :D

[@lionelronaldo2094]

Y da fuq r u naked

[@septem4844]

WOW!! This is SO ...........time wasting.

[@krazednconfused]

solid-state drives, such as the USB device shown here, use cell storage. it's quite different from magnetic storage, such as platter disks (i.e. the kind that spin and have moving parts).

[@MrPrestigez]

I made one out of an Altoids box!!! Used a dremel and a flashdrive simple took me about 5-10 minutes!!!

[@carlossegura488]

porn doesnt fit in 1 gb

[@club6690]

Carlos Segura . 3gp i think more than enough..

[@carlossegura488]

HAHAHAHAHA 3gp, havent heard about that format in ages

[@club6690]

Carlos Segura yeah.. coz u born 3years ago. thts why u nver heard it..

[@carlossegura488]

Im tired of exporting videos on that format, the thing is since mp4 nobody is using 3gp

[@club6690]

Carlos Segura . study more about porn dude. then u will see 3GP video format. i watch porn while im use nokia n95... huhu

[@AgentOrange96]

"Your secret stuff" and by that he means porn.

[@Lightning-Shock]

Who dares to do this with an 64GB USB 3.0 ?

[@drkastenbrot]

LightningShock wait 1 year and obtain one for 10 bucks. Things are getting pretty cheap really fast

[@Lightning-Shock]

well, i was talking about this time.

[@drkastenbrot]

LightningShock just looked it up, you already get 64gb usb 3.0 sticks (like the hama basic) for 15€...

[@Lightning-Shock]

i can't believe that o_o.

[@drkastenbrot]

LightningShock 1 year and you get them for 5€ the prices are falling exponentially

[@NVorigami]

USB: Ultimately Secret Battery

[@rsgodcraftriot7613]

No, that's a flash drive, or "electrical memory," you're talking about hard drives which is "magnetic memory," which when exposed to magnets would cause magnetic misalignment and corrupted memory.

[@Rikaisan]

the magnet will errase the stuff....

[@TheMelonLover64]

in usb sticks are flash chips and they aren`t based on magnetic technologie

[@mitsuman007]

TheMelonLover64 Not to mention you could stick that magnet to the side of a HDD as well without any damage. Not everything is as volatile as old floppys were.

[@Cpzirk]

iamtehstig ACTUALLY Platter hard drives ARE HIGHLY sensitive to magnetic radiation... BUT all drives these days are shielded against magnetic radiation, so your right, but wrong at the same time!

[@mitsuman007]

Well I didn't mean take it apart to do it. That would be a bit extreme. With the platters and write/read arm exposed you would have way more problems than just a magnet being too close.

[@PhatRat0]

*Cough* MicroSD *Cough*

[@josephwilliamson8840]

A magnet, and flash storage... What a good idea!! :/

[@wesbusinesstips8464]

+Joseph Williamson flash storage is not magnet...

[@josephwilliamson8840]

+WesBusinessTips I said, a magnet and flash storage is not a good thing.. it has been known to kill flash drives.

[@jeena256]

+Joseph Williamson Lool, flash drive isnt sensitive to magnetic fields. :D

[@StevenPersonal]

use a magnet and magnetic storage, it works for me

[@firelightguitarist]

I want to point something out to some people like Cormalek and MrGamebase32: Magnets do NOT affect flash storage media. They work by storing electrical charges, not by magnetic particles in the way that hard drives, floppy disks, and tape media do. Magnets do not affect flash drives, CD's, or solid-state drives.

[@HVDERMOTT]

im pretty sure you just take the cap off since its just a magnet holding it closed

[@Gunmeatman]

mom have you seen my empty battery collection somewhere?

[@brianbuddy2ACP]

Me: Dad, where are my batteries? Dad: They were dead, so i thew them away, and the garbage truck took them away this morning, why? Me: Well, i sortta had some important videos on there

[@denizbaksl3053]

This is so stupid and useless idea to having it. By the was 2:45 as you can see he fucked up USB shape is damaged is not gonna work like that..

[@ThePrinzKassad]

I also think, that he connected the USB-Plug reversed but still not sure because the colors aren't like they should be...

[@ivanwitzke]

My question is: why? And how the heck I'm supposed to use it? He just made a new (bad) casing for it...

[@PBNStriker]

Made one mom thought it was a used up AA battery, threw it away. Had all my school work on it. FML!!!!!!!!!!

[@DarkChief]

It's a good idea but Wat if someone gets hold of it and thinks it's a battery won't it do anything to the usb

[@nixietubes]

it won't do anything directly to the usb, but what it will do is anyone using it will think it's dead, then throw it out, where it gets taken by the garbage truck, then thrown into the dump, where it will be eventauly incinerated, effectively losing your usb.

[@surfcello]

"Do you have a memory stick I can borrow?" "Hang on, let me just find this battery, take the tip off while trying not to lose it or the magnet, then get some tweezers to pick out what's inside ... and here you are! Oh, please be careful not to rip the cables or damage any of the components. You're welcome."

[@JacPac]

That is not sneaky - that is DUMB!!! Also how to use it without removing a magnet and taking the whole thing apart....? Video about how to make annoying to use USB FLASH DRIVE from a normal USB FLASH DRIVE... lol WITP - what is the point?

[@kylesucks3432]

probably good for a tails os, if you know there is a risk for the cops to take you in they will never search for a usb hard drive in your battery basket.

[@Hexalobular]

Why in the world would you remove the label? And how do you get it back out of the battery to plug it in without it being loose enough to come apart when you don't want it to?

[@spudd86]

@sandman366 no a magnet will not harm a flash drive, they don't work that way

[@arial7]

Imagine having very important data on your USBattery, someone takes it, and thinks: "oh man, it's empty" and throws it away :D

[@teejaye110]

@robangmilitary nope. it's flash memory. a magnet will not harm it.

[@woodwin00111]

Only in certain batteries, others will have what you saw in this video and the liquid he described in it.

[@CTRL1968]

I'll hide my secret stuff inside a car battery. No one will ever think of looking there. Aw crap... now my car won't start.

[@RGD-Audio-Repairs]

i did this with a art glue stick.. pulled the glue out, and put a USB drive inside, and filled it with hot melt glue to keep it there, then put the glue stick lid back on... Looks just like a glue stick... a Glue-S-B stick :D

[@Hexalobular]

How would a magnet damage it? It's not a magnetic media.

[@robangmilitary]

@joker102877 Magnets do affect hard drives and usb drives but it has to be an extremely powerful magnet. But the one used in this demonstration, will more than likely not cause any issues....

[@ryandonian]

@iSpoonyBard your mom will come in your room and be like "why do you have 80 batteries next to your computer?"

[@andrebs2003]

"FOR YOUR SECRET STUFF" I´m laughting right now kkkkkkk

[@malik75]

So does he just expect me to have all this stuff ready? Like seriously a drill you make it sound like it's easy to obtain that.

[@flamebuddy]

me:mom wheres my 9volt battery? mom:o the empty one?..i threw that one away. me:NOOOOOO!!

[@ArtyTheNewOne]

in 2013 this seems stupid now we have these commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MicroSD_cards_2GB_4GB_8GB.jpg and why the f im watching this

[@Killershark217]

hate to say this but the video was made in fkin 2008 and to the question why do u watch it... because u clicked it

[@wow1022]

@comptuerwizTV it's not stored magneticly like a hard drive

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

no magnetic media AKA floppies hard drives zip disks and Magneto-optical/floptical disks (google magneto optical on wikipedia for info used on the N64DD and other products) will be erased by magnets but solid state media flash drives memory cards SSDs devices like that are fine with magnets

[@Noperiety]

kind of creepy how he sayd "secret stuff" in the end

[@MCSPT117]

Not the best idea with the magnet. If its strong enough, it'll corrupt the memory on the flash drive...

[@AtteroVisionz]

not true a flash drive doesn't use that same hardware a hardrive does the magnet wont harm a flash drive

[@voodooman76]

Sweet! now i have a place to store my Anarchist Cookbook!

[@CoronaHD1]

hmmm why wont this battery work... oh well gess its trash

[@1000Airsoftplayer]

kipkay can you make a vid to responce on sotdring things and how use it fresh out the box

[@binaryLV]

No, magnets don't wipe computer memory, unless you're still using floppy disks.

[@ObviousSchism]

"You have to remove the label from the battery" Well duh! I always remove the label FROM EVERY BATTERY I USE

[@MohdAkmalZakiIO]

I dont understand, what is the purpose of replacing the original casing..??

[@mhdzaki]

because it's secret

[@wclabs]

So the USB board wont short out.

[@jetfuelmeme]

Surely, nobody would go to these lengths to hide their "secret stuff"...

[@Mittau]

Or OR, you can use an encrypted microSD card and place it literally anywhere

[@mannyn2587]

That's great!!! But how do you take it out???

[@deafomega]

this seems like alot of work when you can easily purchase super tiny usb flash drives anyway, plus, sliding it in and out all the time would be a hassle

[@TheJjackson114]

* PLugs It in Computer * *Computer Explodes * No Just No

[@EdwinBalani]

then again, walking around with a battery in your pocket is pretty suspicious

[@TheXelaNet]

2:17 solder sucka!

[@p05_]

takes to long could just hide in shoe....

[@caulinrocker1]

@LRTOTAL why ... for the past hour ive only seen pink floyd ads

[@WillBloodfarm]

Or just encrypt the flash drive and have the security without the need to go to these extremes.

[@jamesedmonds5693]

It would take a very strong magnet to do so.

[@GoblinMode3004]

Finally somewhere to hide my porn

[@thecaptainofsweden]

Learn from your mistakes and use Dropbox for your schoolwork in the future! :)

[@MacMashPotato]

Actually magnets do not effect electronics like many people seem to think, it would take an electromagnet that can power up to about 30 Gauss to mess up that card, which most magnets that you can get can only do maybe 2-5 Gauss. The only thing low end magnets like that can effect are vhs tapes and old floppy disk no one uses anymore.

[@christophermball]

If you went a bit further with creativity here, you could have engineered a hinged battery cap end with a spring-loaded USB connector of sorts, that way you wouldn't need to pull the cap off (and lose it), followed by pulling the entire PCB out of its housing in order to use the device.

[@teardownthegates]

and the magnet wipes the SSD on the USB devise

[@davidbesteiro9338]

menuda chambonada... madre mia... te faltó escupirle y echarle purpurina.

[@Gaelmalkavian]

XD