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Zaptag's Waterproof USB Drive Stores Your Important Medical Information
Before I left the US for Africa, I photocopied my important documents and carried them with me. Had I lost my passport, I would've had proof I was who I claimed to be. Unfortunately, the papers took up a fair amount of room and quickly got crumpled. Moreover, I was frequently paranoid someone would pinch them. Had Zaptag been available, I might've invested.
Zaptag allows you to store emergency contact information and personal medical records on a USB drive. Featuring specialized Windows-compatible health-records software, when a Zaptag is attached to a PC's USB port, the Emergency Record page -- which holds your key information (name, blood type, allergies, and next of kin details) -- is displayed. The rest of the drive -- holding your insurance details, for example -- is password-protected. Of course, Zaptag holds general files, too, like passport scans, driver's license details, itineraries, that hot girl's phone number, etc.
Zaptag has several models available, ranging from $50-60. They even have a waterproof model available, for about $80.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim Leffel Feb 16th 2007 11:36PM
Call me crazy, but couldn't you do this with any USB device? It seems like a gimmick unless they actually do all the scanning and uploading for you. Last time I got a physical they just handed me a mini CD, which could fit in a wallet if I really wanted to carry it I guess.
Willy Feb 17th 2007 7:17AM
Hey, Tim. I think the advantage of the Zaptag is that it comes with pre-installed medical history software; that some of the units are waterproof; and that the "key information" pops up automatically, while the remainder of the contents are password-protected.
I don't think your mini CD has those features.