Installing a USB Drive in Your Finger


	Installing a USB Drive in Your Finger

Andy Greenberg

3-17-2009 1:56 PM

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usb drive, amputation, cyborg, flash drive, finland

Andy Greenberg says:

Hard to imagine this guy would go to so much trouble for just 2GB of storage. If you're going to make it an actual digit, you might as well install the new iPod shuffle in your finger and double your capacity.

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