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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. Cool by JWW · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is really cool.

    Now... where'd I put that knife....?

    1. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      He can also boot linux while performing the shocker.

  2. 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 MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Funny

      Either that or I can imagine this guy plugged into his Linux box yelling "WHOA . . . I know kung-fu!".

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    2. Re:how is this useful? by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Informative

      You can see some better pictures on his flickr stream. It looks like he has several fingers he can put on at different times. Also, it appears to be a slot in one of the fingers where he can stash some flash cards. I am not sure you'd really be typing very well with such a finger, it might just be easier to learn to type just using your other fingers. The pinky already takes care of a ton of the keys geeks use [{]}\|=+-_/?'" so adding in a couple more wouldn't be too bad I would think.

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    3. Re:how is this useful? by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

      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?

      No worries, this guy strikes me as the type who's used to typing one-handed.

  3. Only 2Gb? by homesnatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why skimp and only use a 2Gb finger drive? Surely you can justify paying extra for the 32Gb model?

  4. Bastard, showing his middle finger to everybody.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And yes, it does run Linux.
    And for the circular saw hobbyists: you can have a beowulf cluster of these...

  5. I got your files. by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right here.

  6. He's really from the future... by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Funny

    He actually has 5 prosthetic USB keys for his fingers and when he finds them all he'll learn that he's really a robot sent back in time to resurrect the human race after an alien invasion and radioactive plague.

  7. Secure in their persons... by JayPee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm curious about the 4th Amendment aspects of this.

    Since U.S. customs can pretty much search your laptop with impunity at the border, what about this thing since it's part of your "person".

  8. Re:Awkward to use... by QuantumRiff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to mention airport security..

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  9. Re:Worth it by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    People just don't want 3.5" floppies these days.

  10. Lots of possibilities by rmcd · · Score: 4, Funny

    This gives a new meaning to digital storage.

    And when he's running linux and he "fingers" someone, he really means it!

  11. Linux on the desktop .. by koutbo6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    is finnished!

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