Aram Bartholl, a Berlin-based media artist, began his ‘Dead Drops’ project five years ago. It is possible that you may have walked past some of his workmanship and not even noticed as it is hiding in plain sight in cities all over the world. You see he has created an anonymous file sharing network by installing USB flash drives in random walls!
The idea is that you plug in your laptop and either drop or pick up files. It is a bit of a lottery as to what you might find though – hopefully not a virus! The artist is also encouraging people throughout the world to start installing USB’s in old walls around their neighborhoods. Interesting!
The USB’s are hidden in various locations around the world.
![drop files here](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/drop-files-here.jpg)
Will you be lucky enough to find one?
![man laptop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/man-laptop.jpg)
Each USB is in fact an offline file sharing community.
![usb wall](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/usb-wall.jpg)
The USB’s are placed in a wall or surface with only a “readme.txt” file explaining how the project works.
![usb wall laptop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/usb-wall-laptop.jpg)
All you need to participate is a USB compatible device!
![laptop wall](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/laptop-wall.jpg)
Dakar, Senegal
![dakar senegal dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dakar-senegal-dead-drop.jpg)
Folsom, California
![folsom cali dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/folsom-cali-dead-drop.jpg)
Salzberg, Austria
![salzberg austria dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/salzberg-austria-dead-drop.jpg)
Cagliari, Italy
![cagliari italy dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cagliari-italy-dead-drop.jpg)
Hanoi, Vietnam
![hanoi vietnam dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hanoi-vietnam-dead-drop.jpg)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
![palais de tokyo paris dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/palais-de-tokyo-paris-dead-drop.jpg)
Pont des Arts, Paris
![pont paris dead drop arrow](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pont-paris-dead-drop-arrow.jpg)
![pont des arts paris dead drop](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pont-des-arts-paris-dead-drop.jpg)
Check out the video below
Source: deaddrops / MessyNessyChic