We tend to think of all-terrain vehicles as rough, rugged and consisting of at least three wheels, but the Taurus aims to change all of that and also be easier to transport by car (packed right into the trunk).

This 2×2 has two-wheel drive and a Honda GX-210 four-stroke engine delivering power to both front and rear wheels, pushing and pulling its way over muddy banks, through narrow gorges – it provides a smooth ride over rough terrain. Think of it like a tank … but on wheels instead of treads.

The vehicle has a top speed of 22 miles per hour, which might not sound like much but that’s not the point – the idea is to give you traction and durability in all kinds of conditions.

Balloon tires and a semi-amphibious shell help you plow through water and over land. At the end of the day, it is designed to dismantle easily so you can take it on trips and deploy it from larger vehicles.

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When you want to make a big impression, sending severed body parts to prospective clients is a pretty effective move. Photographer Justin Poulsen made 50 ultra-lifelike silicone “thumb” drives and sent them out to prospective clients.

The promotional thumb drives went out pre-loaded with Poulsen’s promotional material as well as a fun animation of “loading thumbs”: a swirling circle of thumbs resembling Apple’s “loading” graphic.

When the drives are plugged into a computer, they genuinely look like real human digits. Each was handmade and every one is unique, and they all feature realistically colored bloody stumps, cuticles, and thumbnails.

The short video above shows the process the photographer used to create these creepy but decidedly memorable portfolios of his work. If you’re so inclined and have the patience to take on a project like this, it’s totally replicable at home – just remember to be careful where you leave your severed thumb lying around.

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Coming in stacks like standard sticky-backed notes, these mobile data storage stickies can be posted to any surface and/or used as reminders in various locations, not to mention covert applications for hiding information (e.g. on a flat space behind a bookcase).

A special conductive adhesive lets these award-winning DataStickies connect with your devices via their USB slots just like a standard flash drive, or (down the line) new optical readers, while graphene lets them be be built smaller and slimmer than ever before. As a bonus, you can also stack the stickies for additional storage.

The user simply peels one off as needed and places it on a television or computer box or screen, work wall or, well, just about anywhere else. Like their note-oriented analog cousins they can be picked back up with ease as well and they can be written on as well for labeling purposes. Light-up edges show when they are in use and connected to a device.

More mobile but otherwise much like a drawer full of conventional flash drives, the idea is that you generally share smaller or individual files with people at home or work and thus can just hand something portable out and not worry about the space it takes up (or getting it back).

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