Geek Replaces Lost Finger With 2GB USB Finger
March 19, 2009The Borg are here.
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You’ve heard of USB thumb drives, but you likely have not considered the real thing - a lost digit replaced by a USB Flash drive.
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Finnish programmer Jerry Jalava lost his left ring finger in a motorcycle accident and doctors treating him joked that he should replace his lost finger with a USB “finger drive”. So what else is a Geek to do? Jalava’s replacement finger looks like the real thing, except that it’s detachable, and he leaves it in his computer’s USB slot.
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The Finnish programmer plans to “upgrade” his finger in the future with one that has a removable fingertip, an RFID tag and more storage space.
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If I were to get a similar replacement, I’d get an 8GB (at least) and install a minimal Free Unix-like OS on it.
He’s not likely to forget to “safely remove” his USB drive.
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