Posted on 03/18/2009 12:15:37 PM PDT by Squidpup
Jerry Jalava has built a special prosthetic finger which contains computer storage for photos, movies and other useful files.
While the prosthetic looks like a normal finger Jerry can peel it back from the 'nail' and plug it into the USB slot on his computer using it as an additional hard drive.
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Using a traditional prosthetic finger Jerry has been able embed a 'USB key' - like the ones used in traditional flash drives - giving him the world's only two gigabyte finger.
The finger is not permanently attached to his hand meaning it can be removed when plugged into a computer.
"It is not attached permanently in to my body, it is a removable prosthetic which has USB memorystick inside it," said Jerry.
"When I'm using the USB, I just leave my finger inside the slot and pick it up after I'm ready."
Jerry said he is already thinking about upgrading his faux finger to include more storage and wireless technology.
"I'm planning to use anther prosthetic as a shell for the next version, which will have removable fingertip and an RFID tag," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
"The software developer from Helsinki lost his finger last summer after crashing his one week old Ducati Monster 696 motorbike.
He was rushed to Helsinki Hospital where he was examined by a hand surgeon who said they were unable to save it and amputated half of the finger.
When Jerry told doctors what he did for a living they joked he should have a USB 'finger drive' but that was good enough for him, and he set about making one."
Let the joking begin.
Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.
That's funny--I worked for a CEO that crashed his Ducati a week after he bought it. CEO of a software company, too.
hey there! give me five...gigabytes!
How would this turn out if he was married to Loreena Bobbit?
Since work in a fabric store, I would have gone with long scissors instead.
“I’m planning to use anther prosthetic as a shell for the next version, which will have removable fingertip and an RFID tag,” he added.
“This is so cool, I’m planning to cut off another finger.”
Gigadigit?
That girl said I had Russian hands and Roman fingers...
Resistance is futile.
He has more memory in his pinky then “insert lib name” has in in his brain.
I still have more brains in my pinky than all of his fingers combined!
Boot Linux from your finger?
I bet Lorenna Bobbitt’s ex-husband is on the phone to this guy right now.
Oh, you beat me to it!
I have an ex bike racer friend who claims that he shattered his right wrist racing and it was rebuilt using chicken bones. He can’t open the throttle as wide any more because of the “chicken” bones.
Flash drives are very slow to write. Don’t think I’d want to stand there for 10 minutes while my finger loads. And hygiene? Don’t want him borrowing my laptop.
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