Apple, always the innovator, is looking for the key to your heart. Security is a major concern in computing, particularly with smaller mobile devices becoming more capable. Apple thinks it has the answer.
The patent describes a method of detecting an authorized user by the pulse in the veins and arteries in the hand holding the device.
A sensor built into the device would detect your heart rhythm, apparently as unique as a fingerprint or retina. Other uses have been suggested, such as mood detection or managing user profiles.
I’ve not heard much about cardiac signatures before, but this strikes me as a more convenient solution than entering passwords, and far less hokey than the idea of holding up your eye to the camera for a retina scan. What a ‘handy’ way to solve the security issue.
Source: Unwired
This would be awesome if they get it to work
Interesting to say the least, would actually like to see this put into motion so that it would actually only work for a single user.
Ok but what about a stress situation or think of an emergency. In an emergency case my heart would beat much faster and will i be able to unlock the phone to call a doctor or the police?
I jumped on Wikipedia and read the article, but it was a lot like walking through pudding: slow going and afterward I felt kinda dirty.