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I know that it is just a logical evolution of the humble USB flash drive and the decreasing cost of biometric security (even my local gym uses a fingerprint reader now for members to sign in and out) but last week Thomas Lee showed me the Trek ThumbDrive Swipe, which combines fingerprint swipe sensor technology with flash memory based USB storage. Fingerprint security on a USB stick is cool. Now all I need is for someone to invent something to stop me losing mine all the time…
Thats the problem, these USB sticks are so small I have loads and lose them all the time !