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Old 03-17-2009, 07:49 PM   #1
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Finger Drive....

How cool is this? a nerd with a missing finger created a prosthetic flash drive finger!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7949018.stm

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Old 03-17-2009, 08:03 PM   #2
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That is way cool!! I want one!

Though he does look uncircumcised.
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Old 03-17-2009, 08:20 PM   #3
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I bet there's other prosthetic fingers he could build on.
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Old 03-17-2009, 09:27 PM   #4
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Damn, he isn't even sorry about his own finger!
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Old 03-17-2009, 09:34 PM   #5
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I bet there's other prosthetic fingers he could build on.
Vibrator finger?
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Old 03-17-2009, 09:35 PM   #6
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Vibrator finger?

...is not for nerds....
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Old 03-17-2009, 11:05 PM   #7
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Vibrator finger?
Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle series has a character missing a forearm... and he has several unique prostheses.
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Old 03-17-2009, 11:12 PM   #8
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that's not cool

that is the OPPOSITE of cool


which is kinda cool
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Old 03-17-2009, 11:53 PM   #9
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Making this a haiku thread, eh, Jim?


Folding finger flap
hides a secret library.
beware viruses.
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Old 03-18-2009, 01:41 PM   #10
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Making this a haiku thread, eh, Jim?


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Old 03-18-2009, 01:51 PM   #11
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Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle series has a character missing a forearm... and he has several unique prostheses.
I think I've heard of that before. It's called a pirate. My 2yo could have told you that.
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Old 03-18-2009, 06:36 PM   #12
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Except you do not want to use the standard hook in certain applications.
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*swoon*
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=16098
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