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By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 10:45 AM

thumb-drive-fingerActually, this particular USB flash-drive might better be called the “ring-finger-drive.”

A Finnish man has redefined what it means to carry around a “thumb drive” with you wherever you go. It may not be 100% mobile, but this particular find is too geeky-cool to pass up.

The Finn, whose hand is pictured here, lost his ring-finger in a motorcycle accident. He replaced his finger with a prosthetic that helped cover up his missing digit. Then, he took it one step further.

In an apparent fit of geekery, the man fashioned his prosthetic finger with an integrated USB flash drive – turning his once passive prosthetic finger into what could be the world’s first genuine finger-drive!

Even when faced with a missing finger, it’s good to know that geeks around the world will always find a practical application for prosthetics… aside from the whole replacing-an-appendage thing.

[Via: TheRawFeed]

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • PineRoot

    That’s great!