New Motorola Vitamin Pills Could Be Edible Stomach-Acid-Powered Passwords [View all]
Taking a daily vitamin could do more than give you an extra kick of vitamin D or C in the morning. Soon, it could also boost your online security, becoming an authentication token you could never lose.
The FDA-approved tablet, made by Proteus Digital Health, contains a small chip that can be switched on an off by your stomach acid, creating an 18-bit ECG-like signal that would let you authenticate your identity just by touching your phone, your computer or your car.
Motorola has successfully completed a demo of the tablet authenticating a phone, but CEO Dennis Woodside said it wouldn't be shipping anytime soon.
Smart pills have previously been developed as a way to transmit health information straight from your body to your doctor, and to remind patients with chronic diseases to take their medication . And now maybe they can make not getting hacked a little more convenient, too.
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-05/motorola-debuts-vitamin-authentication-powered-stomach-acid
Could the NSA be hacking into your biometrics in the near future? Stay tuned...
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