Cell Phones Could Soon Recognize their Owners Movements

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Cell Phones Could Soon Recognize their Owners Movements

2:47 am on October 16, 2005 | Category: Mobile Devices

Scientists in Finland have developed a security sensor, which responds to a person’s movements, and is able to adapt to recognize the legitimate owner of a wireless device by the way they walk.

The technology is set to disable the device if it senses that the person using it isn’t the owner. The idea behind this interesting innovation is to deter and combat the theft of electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones. The inventors claim that the system could also be adapted to work for credit cards in the future, and analyze a user’s physical movements before approving a transaction.

Professor Heikki Ailisto of the VTT Technical Research Center in Finland says that the sensor is a convenient and effective method of user recognition, without requiring the use of a password.

The device has an accuracy rate of 90%, so it isn’t perfect, but it’s comforting to know that it also includes a password feature, which allows a user to bypass the motion-sensitive security system in the event of a problem.

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