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Finnish Guy Gets Prosthetic USB Finger Storage

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'd-still-choose-a-shotgun-leg dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jerry had a motorcycle accident last May and lost a finger. When the doctor working on the artificial finger heard he is a hacker, the immediate suggestion was to embed a USB 'finger drive' to the design. Now he carries a Billix Linux distribution as part of his hand."

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  1. how is this useful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    he still would type with all of his fingers, right? so wouldn't sticking his finger in a usb slot make it that much harder to type?

    1. Re:how is this useful? by Smiling_Jack · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's a prosthetic finger, right? I imagine it detaches. One hopes it's not actually bolted onto his hand.

  2. Re:Secure in their persons... by cplusplus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think they can search an artificial limb for drugs and such. Would similar rules apply here?

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