Did ya try smacking it?

You know what the worst part about technology is? When it fails. Specifically when it physically breaks because then you can’t even shout at it and blame that one time your friend checked his email. Well fortunately computer companies agree with you and have worked hard to correct this.

Introducing the LaCie XtremKey, which is advertised as the “World’s Most Adventurous USB Flash Drive.” With it’s 2mm full metal coating, it can survive temperatures as cold as -122° F(-50° C) or as hot as 392° F(200° C). It can also survive a 10-ton truck and being submerged in 100m(333 ft.) of water. So if you need to use your flash drive while exploring the Titanic or in an active volcano, you’re set. It’s also tested by the military, so this flash drive stops terrorists and preserves freedom.

Here’s a nice little video where the coolness of the USB makes up for the fact that they’re using a Mac.

But what good is a flash drive if you don’t have a laptop to use it? Well wonder no more friends, for some fully rugged (that’s the actual industry term. I bet the man who named it has a beard) laptops are here to save the day. The Panasonic Toughbook laptops are ridiculously strong and are basically designed to survive the nuclear holocaust. While bigger and probably harder to protect than the flash drive, these babies can withstand being dropped, being run over, being submerged, or any other really stupid thing that probably shouldn’t be done to a laptop.

Panasonic isn’t the only one with that idea though. The Dell E6400 XFR was designed for military use and can literally stop a bullet. But can it stack up?

Yep. Bottom line is, if you tend to play Frisbee with your computer after taking for a nice swim, try one of these.