This is a Dropbox, in real life. Yes, it performs just like the Dropbox that we’re so used to, but it also has other features. This is the N-Transfer from NTT Japan, and it has only one sole purpose, that is to unite Japan’s USB 2.0 storage devices, scanners and printers firmly in the cloud, without the need for an intermediate computer.

You can transfer up to 500MB files point-to-point across the company’s high-speed fiber optic internet with boxes at either end — each equipped with gigabit ethernet — or upload documents from a Fujitsu ScanSnap or Epson Colorio scanner directly to Evernote. Well, hopefully more brands and models will be included in the future. If you live in Japan, have access to a fiber optic connection, you can grab one for ¥7,350 (about $90) at Amazon. Well I can already hear lots of butthurt narrowband users crying from a distance.

SOURCE via Akihabaranews