All you need is your raw genome data on, say, a thumb drive.
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In reality, however, Jack says the hack is actually somewhat easier: all it takes is a USB thumb drive or an Internet connection.
Pop it out and the device, which is shaped like a thumb drive, plugs into an HDMI port and requires no external power.
The previous version required a farmer to develop a water application map on a computer, upload that map to a thumb drive, and transfer it to the irrigation controller.
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Lewis says that an attack can be simple and crude: malicious software placed on a thumb drive and left in a parking lot can wreak havoc on a computer system.
Basically it's a USB security key that supposedly encrypts data stored to the thumb drive using AES, provides remote encrypted storage, creates a secure connection to the internet, and deletes your browser's cookies and history files.
Failure to properly log off, unwittingly emailing a confidential document, using a thumb drive to bring work home, peer-to-peer file sharing, and other routine tasks that inadvertently create risks of exposing sensitive data to theft or misappropriation are not usually the results of malice.
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Police are currently trying to unlock the contents of 32 GB thumb drive that belongs to one of the Chechen suspects, according to Fernando Reinares, a senior international terrorism analyst at The Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid, who was briefed by Spanish security services on the investigation.
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We were all ready to start harshing on the Top Tag Pet ID--a USB thumb drive that contains vital info about your pet--because it seems pretty silly to assume that a lost animal's rescuer would know what the hell to do with that small piece of plastic dangling from Tinkerbelle's collar.
They call this thing ChatPerf, and it's a thumb-drive-sized atomizer that plugs into your mobile device so it can be triggered to release specific odors on command.
Big data and analytics are playing indispensable roles in fostering those enhanced relationships as they vastly enrich the remarkable but isolated wonder of genome-on-a-thumb-drive by giving healthcare providers and drug makers the ability to explore and analyze genomic and proteomic data not just for an individual but in aggregate for millions of people.
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Both Cocoon audio docks feature the ability to stream directly from an iPhone, iPod, networked hard drive or USB thumb drives, delivering groundbreaking performance and flexibility in an iPod docking solution at any price.
That's on the order of 1, 000 times less per pupil than for a K-12 or a college education way more than the rule of thumb in Silicon Valley that you need a 10 times cost advantage to drive change.
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