Victorinox, purveyor of the iconic Swiss Army Knife, just added a new utility to the all-purpose tool. In addition to the requisite blade, scissors, and nail file-screwdriver hybrid, they’ve added a jump drive that comes in various capacities, the largest of which holds up to a terabyte of information (that’s 1,024 gigs, people). It's enough to hold 220 million pages of text, in case you need the Bible, the entire "Lord of the Rings," "Harry Potter," and "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" sagas and then some on hand while you’re roughing it out in the woods. Or, you could hold two continuous years’ worth of music, just in case, God forbid, that hypothetical “if you were stranded on a desert island and could only bring your top 40,000 albums with you” scenario ever comes true. The high-speed storage device also comes equipped with an LCD screen on its body for easy digital labeling.
This futuristic piece of hardware, unveiled today at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, will be released in limited edition of 1,000 to 4,000 starting in April, with prices varying from $570 for the 128 GB model to upwards of $2,000 for the terabyte. To put things in perspective, a 1,000 gig external hard drive may cost just a fraction, but will it scale a fish, cut your meat, and peel an apple while you’re out camping? Think about it.