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HELSINKI: Theft or unauthorized use of mobile phones could soon be a matter of the past with scientists developing technology that will help instruments identify their owners.
Scientists in Finland have developed a prototype of a cell phone that uses motion sensors to record a user's gait, the online edition of New Scientist reports.
The device then periodically checks to see that it is still in the possession of its legitimate owner by measuring the current stride and comparing it against that stored in its memory.
Using this simple motion sensing gait method, the prototype phone 96 percent of the time correctly identified when someone other than its owner was carrying it. It only triggered accidentally four percent of the time when it was with its rightful owner.
If the phone suspects it has fallen into the wrong hands, it will prompt the user for a password if he attempts to make calls or access its memory, the report said...
Heikki Ailisto and other researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland who developed the technology are currently looking for a company to help them develop a commercial product.
Ailisto says this could be a cell phone firm, or a company that makes handheld computers.
However, Ailisto says the system has its limitations. It worked best when the phone was attached to a user's belt and proved much less reliable when carried in a bag or purse.
Wearing high heels, suffering a foot injury and having a few drinks are activities likely to set the device off by accident.
\"You would need to either turn it off before you start drinking or make sure you remember your password,\" Ailisto says.
I think it is not good for people who can not walk. Also not good as all you need is a password. I'm sure this wil be bad as crackers/hackers etc will start to make a illegal software to find the password or bypass it. Would the phones cost more, if this happen?
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I think it is not good for people who can not walk. Also not good as all you need is a password. I'm sure this wil be bad as crackers/hackers etc will start to make a illegal software to find the password or bypass it. Would the phones cost more, if this happen?
Not much I wouldn't think. They would of course go down in prince like everything else.
i guess it would be good for stopping driving with cell and other not safe stuff with cell phones but i would not have that. and what if u hurt your leg or something or u were i a wheel chair?
i guess it would be good for stopping driving with cell and other not safe stuff with cell phones but i would not have that. and what if u hurt your leg or something or u were i a wheel chair?
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