Finnish computer expert fits finger prosthesis with USB

17 Mar, 2009

Finnish computer expert Jerry Javala has generated interest around the internet after word spread of how he had his finger prosthesis fitted with a USB flash drive. Javala lost part of his left ring finger in a motorcycle accident in 2008 and his doctor, hearing what Javala did for a living, helped him fit a USB "finger drive," according to Javalas web site www.protoblogr.net.
The memory stick - fitted into the top of the finger prosthesis - has some software Javala wrote himself and some for the open-source operating system Linux designed by compatriot Linus Thorvalds.

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