在芬蘭首都赫爾辛基工作的軟件開發員杰里?杰拉瓦在去年的一次車禍中失去左手無名指。被送到醫院后，醫生表示受傷的手指無法復原，并將受傷的半截手指截除，準備為其安裝假指。然而，當醫生聽說杰里是一名軟件開發員后，開玩笑說可以在他的假指內植入一個U盤。杰里當即接受了這個建議。這個“U盤手指”容量為2G，它完全藏在假指中，只有U盤末端的USB接口露在外面，以方便與電腦連接。據悉，目前杰里正在考慮對這根世界上獨一無二的“U盤手指”進行升級，包括擴大容量及配備無線技術等。

Jerry Jalava from Helsinki, Finland, has built the special prosthetic finger to use as computer storage for his photos, movies and other useful files

A computer programmer from Finland who lost his ring finger in a motorcycle accident has had it replaced with a USB drive.

Jerry Jalava has built a special prosthetic finger which contains computer storage for photos, movies and other useful files.

While the prosthetic looks like a normal finger Jerry can peel it back from the 'nail' and plug it into the USB slot on his computer using it as an additional hard drive.

The software developer from Helsinki lost his finger last summer after crashing his one week old Ducati Monster 696 motorbike.

He was rushed to Helsinki Hospital where he was examined by a hand surgeon who said they were unable to save it and amputated half of the finger.

When Jerry told doctors what he did for a living they joked he should have a USB 'finger drive' but that was good enough for him, and he set about making one.

Using a traditional prosthetic finger Jerry has been able embed a 'USB key' - like the ones used in traditional flash drives - giving him the world's only two gigabyte finger.

The finger is not permanently attached to his hand meaning it can be removed when plugged into a computer.

"It is not attached permanently in to my body, it is a removable prosthetic which has USB memorystick inside it," said Jerry.

"When I'm using the USB, I just leave my finger inside the slot and pick it up after I'm ready."

Jerry said he is already thinking about upgrading his faux finger to include more storage and wireless technology.

"I'm planning to use anther prosthetic as a shell for the next version, which will have removable fingertip and an RFID tag," he added.

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:

prosthetic finger: 假肢手指

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