What he should do is install a USB security device on his door. So to get in, he sticks his finger in, and then a voice says: "Welcome home, Dave", and the door swings open.
I wonder what sort of impact losing part of a finger like that has on typing. I guess you'd probably adapt pretty quickly (I was wondering if the prosthetic was useful for things like typing, or a hinderance).
Does this make anyone else think of that old Are You Afraid of the Dark episode with the midget playing the computer virus, and how the kid gets a serial port in his palm?
He should get together with the 'Beautiful Prosthetics' guy: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=518860" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=518860</a>. Functional + Beautiful = Win.
I don't recall where I red the story of people implanting tiny magnets under the skin of a finger tip. But I did find it interesting that they quickly developed a sense for magnetic fields, like from live wires. And if I were an electrician I'd get one of those.<p>But a USB drive?
I've heard about this story alllll week - so why this is on the front page of HN now is a bit strange.<p>Forgive me for being a curmudgeon, but I would likely be voting this story down given the chance.
he should carefully check the electrical design of every motherboard he puts his "finger" into :><p>and what if the USB port is UNDER THE DESK? hihihi