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Jess Kinghorn

DARK SECRETS: This transparent hdd from buffalo is both beautiful and woefully impractical just how i like my tech | Rare Historical Photos

Two angles of Buffalo's HD-SKL, a HDD mounted in a picture frame-style. The surface has a transparent window, allowing users to see the HDD function while in use. Two of this HDD float in a blue-pink gradient void.

When folks talk about transparent hardware, I'm sure I'm not the only one whose frame of reference is still stuck somewhere between the mid-90s and the early oughts. Besides sleuthing with Barbie on the family desktop, my earliest gaming memories involved affixing my tiny mitts to my semi-transparent Game Boy Color.

For a hot second back then, that purple-y plastic was very in vogue and though I still have a soft spot for those hard shells, I'm a little thankful transparent tech is ever so slightly more elegant these days.

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