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ddvmor


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I can't put my finger on it...
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... but this just doesn't look that handy...

Finn creates USB 'finger drive'


A Finnish computer programmer who lost one of his fingers in a motorcycle accident has made himself a prosthetic replacement with a USB drive attached.

Jerry Jalava uses the 2GB memory stick, accessed by peeling back the "nail", to store photos, movies and programmes.

The finger is not permanently attached to his hand, so it can be easily left plugged into a computer when in use.

Mr Jalava says he is already thinking about upgrading the finger to include more storage and wireless technology.

"I'm planning to use another prosthetic as a shell for the next version, which will have removable fingertip and RFID tag," he wrote on his blog, ProtoBlogr.net.

Half of Mr Jalava's left ring finger had to be amputated last summer after he crashed into a deer while riding his motorbike near Helsinki.

He says he was inspired to create the unique storage device when doctors treating him joked that he should have a USB "finger drive" after finding out that he was a software developer.

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"I'm sorry I'm out of memory but I gave the finger to Phil in the next cubicle"...

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Very coincidentally, I met a friend I haven't seen for about 4 years yesterday, and he had just lost a half a finger at beginning of March. We talked about this news story and he said that it would be really annoying if you wanted to have the 'USB finger' plugged in at the same time as trying to type into the computer (which is a fair point), but it did make him think of turning his stump into a swiss army finger with all sorts of possible attachments !

He lost his finger trying to split up a fight between his two dogs... his dog chewed his finger to bits, which mean't he couldn't have it sewn back on... ouch doh

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Catfish wrote:

He lost his finger trying to split up a fight between his two dogs... his dog chewed his finger to bits, which mean't he couldn't have it sewn back on... ouch doh



/faint

 

 



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