Man turns finger into storage
The bloke with storage at his fingertips - literally
The line between man and machine is now slightly more blurry, thanks to one Finnish bloke’s decision to replace a missing digit with a USB Flash drive.
Jerry Jalava's prosthetic finger hides a USB Flash drive inside
Jerry Jalava, a software developer from Helsinki, had the top part of his finger amputated after a motorbike accident last year. However, he’s since replaced it with a prosthetic finger that slips over the remaining bit of member and which has a tiny USB Flash drive hidden inside.
He's got up to 2GB of storage literally at his fingertip
Accessing the drive is a little grim though, because the nail section of Jalava’s fake finger folds back to reveal the drive itself. This can then be slotted into a PC’s USB port while still being worn.
The finger USB has a 2GB storage capacity, but Jalava’s already said that he’s thinking about upgrading the phony finger to include a greater amount of storage and wireless technology, such as RFID.
Nail polish isn't an option
Perhaps he’d also like to consider turning his finger into the world’s first NFC-enabled e-wallet digit? ®
COMMENTS
Bah
We *have* to get this bloke and Captain Cyborg together in a room.
could have been worse
Imagine the equivalent of this if something 'more sensitive' than a finger was ripped off, something around the groin area...
I have visions of a bloke 'interfacing' to his laptop saying "I'm downloading" !
@where did he buy it...
What do you expect, He's a SOFTWARE developer. If he'd been a hardware engineer it'd probably be at least 16GB and embedded in the stump.
Paris 'cos she knows the difference between hard & soft....
"Man turns finger into storage"?
What about "Man gives portable storage the finger", etc...etc..
El Reg, must have been having an 'off' day with their (normally snappy) article titling.
For God's sake...
don't let Kevin "I'm a cyborg media tart" Warwick see this.
Paris - well, fingers, Paris, need I say more?
