Doing a little teasing, Ennova Direct Corporation has recently announced that its founders have been awarded a patent (US 7,462,044) which will see to the making of a quite interesting flash drive. According to Ennova Direct, the patent details a new type of retractable USB connector with a built-in cover that protects the flash drive's OLED screen. The OLED display is supposed to feature an integrated biometric fingerprint scanner to provide better data protection and also act like an interactive interface that allows the user to select specific files and initiate specific functions.



"With USB flash drive memory capacities now reaching 64GB and higher, user's are now utilizing their USB flash drives as full external backup drives, making it even more important for users to secure the large amounts of personal data they are storing on their USB flash drives," according to Peter Garrett, Executive VP of Ennova Direct. "To that end, we incorporated a biometric fingerprint scanner function into the design of our new Patented Retractable USB flash drive, while keeping with the popular theme of our signature retractable USB connector. We paid special attention to the design of the retractable USB connector, adding an integrated cover that when closed protects the USB connector and OLED screen-biometric fingerprint scanner at the same time."

Ennova Direct plans to make an OLED flash drive and start sell it under the ION Technologies brand in Q1, 2010.