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Finnish programmer replaces lost finger with a USB drive

The detachable silicon appendage sports a 2 GB USB drive under the thumbnail.

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Computing | by Barb Dybwad | Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:38AM | 1 comment

This one has made a wide circle around the internets: Finnish software developer Jerry Jalava, after losing his left ring finger in a motorcycle accident, had his doctor build a prosthetic finger with a built-in 2 GB USB drive. He says he got the idea from a few of the doctors treating him, who were joking that as a programmer he should get a "USB finger drive" instead; Jerry turned the joking into literal storage at his fingertips (check out his Flickr photoset of the prosthetic).

Because the appendage isn't permanently attached, he reports he can simply "leave my finger inside the slot and pick it up after I'm ready." Not content with version 1.0, he also reports thinking of upgrading: more storage, an RFID tag, and possibly Bluetooth connectivity. And why not? As long as the age of cyborgism is here, might as well have fingers as functional as possible. Me? I'll be busy figuring out where I can tuck a NAS into this wetware...

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external link Now I’ve seen it all: Man replaces lost… [Gadgetell]
external link True Geek: Man Replaces Finger Lost in… [TheNextWeb.com]
external link Man replaces lost finger with USB drive [DVICE]
external link Meet Jerry Jalava and his USB Finger —… [bookofjoe]
external link ProtoBlogr.net Blog: USB finger, more… [protoblogr.net]
external link Jerry Jalava’s USB Finger!… [teamsuperforest.org]

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