As early as the 17th century, solicitors in Europe would leave behind a little card bearing their contact info. More than four hundred years later, we're still doing the same thing. But with business people being far more connected these days, we tend to get a lot of business cards. I know I have to clean out my wallet every couple months and decide what to do with all the new business cards I've collected.

Well, you don't have to work at an advertising agency to think that this is pretty cool:


This is the Poken Pulse. It's a 2GB USB flash drive, but it's also a wireless contact exchange format. By simply placing two of these little guys together, they automatically exchange a digital business card with the person you've just met. You simply connect it to your computer to view (and sync) your new contacts' information.

The company that makes the Poken Pulse is young, and this is still a pretty new product. But at only €29.99, these things could really take off. And I think my wallet would thank me if they did.