Slurp Digital Eyedropper, Fake, But Neat Idea

[Andy Dixon]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/05/slurp-digital-eyedropper-sucks-up-injects-information-wirelessl/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/05/...tion-wirelessl/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"How does Jamie Zigelbaum, a former student at MIT Media Lab, celebrate freedom from tyranny, drool-worthy accents and "standing in the queue?" By creating Slurp, of course. In what's easily one of the most jaw-dropping demonstrations of the year, this here digital eyedropper is a fanciful new concept that could certainly grow some legs if implemented properly in the market place."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1278838958.usr11334.jpg" style="border: #d2d2bb 1px solid;" /></p><p>This has already been declared a fake due the the rickroll music at the end, so why am I posting this article? Well perhaps it's just me, but&nbsp;I actually like the idea behind it.&nbsp; The ability to have a wireless usb stick that you simply point at the PC you want to transfer files to without having to plug it in, wait for it to initialise etc, etc.&nbsp; Yes, you might argue that you could just as easily transfer files across the network, but for devices that are not on the network, this could work well. Take a look at the video and see what you think.</p>

[Chris Gohlke]

The security of this concept would scare the heck out of me. USB is for the most part completely open and only relies on the fact that you have to have physical access to the ports of the computer to make it work to provide some minimal security. Once you throw wireless into the mix, you are going to have to add a bunch of authorization/authentication to the process, which defeats the ease of use of USB file transfers.