Here at work our little lab all got jumpdrives as our christmas stocking stuffer. They are 256mb usb data storage devices the size of a zippo lighter and can hang on your key chain.

From a survival or preparedness stand point they may seem useless, but I realized I have a lot of data I would like backed up on this thing. It wouldn't help me survive in the ocean but it would help me survive in a post disaster situation where everyone else is trying to recover data or mouring the loss of a server or tape drive in a fire. You can get them in one GB size. As long as you aren't saving movies or tons of pics you could get a ton of stuff on there. I have already copied my genealogy files to my Jumpdrive and will shortly move over some important emails and docs I want to save.

The uses are many! Excellent little stocking stuffer also!