What if you could have a way of turning all those countless little USB thumb drives into a mass, useful storage device?

I’m imagining a wire, similar to fairy lights or a Christmas tree lights, that have a number of USB ports dangling off it. You simply stick a thumb drive into each one and add as you gain more. This way you build a bigger storage device. If you run out of ports, you just add another wire to a spare port.

The downside is you’ll end up with a big bunch of wires, but perhaps, with clever design, it can be pretty and tasteful – and a low cost backup device.