The Geek world is about to get a lot more fashionable.

Creator John McLear’s NFC Ring hit its goal of £30,000 GBP  (a little over $46,000 USD) on Kickstarter this week with nearly a month remaining in its campaign. While these Kickstarters can be a great way to generate money (assuming you’re plugging a product that people are willing to spend their money on), they are even better about accurately assessing the actual human interest a project will generate, giving developers a better measure of its success. After this week it has become entirely clear – people want to wear their data.

For those of you out there that, like me, lose your keys on a weekly basis, can never remember a password longer than 4 characters, or are simply too prone to dance to be bothered with a purse (or for the guys, a bulky pocket full of tech gear), has McLear ever developed the product for you. His handy little wearable device not only allows you to “fist bump” data to your peers, but it can be programmed to unlock an NFC-enabled lock to your house, unlock your smart phone or tablet, and possibly even replace the ignition button in your car. McLear has made his product even more desirable by being surprisingly open about how the rings are made, as well as offering versions of the ring at various sizes and costs.

The ring uses two NFC (near-field communication) chips within a silver band; one inner chip that can be used to unlock personal items like your house or smart phone, and an outer chip for public data. Even more convenient, it uses passive NFC, which means no batteries to charge and no being left in the cold without an outlet. For now it runs on the Android app, but it can be hacked to use with Windows and BlackBerry. There is no news yet on iOS compatibility, but since Apple products don’t use NFC technology in their devices currently, that will be a long way down the road at best. Additionally, the roughly 7mm “normal size” ring won’t work with some smart phone devices, notably the Samsung Galaxy 4 and the BlackBerry Z10. These products will require an “alpha size” ring, which the company advises is “really only for chaps with really big fingers”. How’s that for advertising, boys? Hey, it’s cheaper than a sports car…

As far as cost goes for this amazing little gadget, interested parties can donate as low as £8 GBP ($12USD) and receive NFC inlays with a prompt to print their own ring (3D printing rocks!). Standard NFC rings will set you back a mere £25 GBP ($38USD) apiece, and a custom ring designed to your personal specifications, complete with a custom message engraved inside the band, tops out the product line at around £300 GBP ($461USD). If all goes according to plan, the rings will ship in late October. Soon after, McLear hopes to be able to offer stylish alternatives to the simple metal band, with options like wood inlays and even an all black “stealth bomber” ring. Seriously, how cool is that?

Sources: Techcrunch.com, Kickstarter.com, GIZMODO, nfcworld.com, The Washington Post