Kanguru Solutions, a maker of portable computer storage and security solutions, today announced the release of the new BioStor, a USB 2.0 hard drive which features biometric security. It ranges in size from 40GB to 100GB and price from $229.95 to $349.95.
The BioStor, according to Kanguru, has a biometric sensor located on the top of the external drive which scans and allows access to the hard drive once an exact fingerprint is confirmed. The drive has a reported encryption speed of 1.6 Gigabits per second and automatically locks when disconnected from a PC to protect the encrypted data.
Other features of the BioStor include a durability of up to 200G of shock, storage of up to five fingerprints and availability in both 2.5