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Here''s a ''smart'' keyboard that identifies its user

NEW YORK: Scientists have developed a self-cleaning, self-powered smart keyboard that can identify computer users by the way they type.

Here''s a ''smart'' keyboard that identifies its user


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Scientists have developed a self-cleaning, self-powered smart keyboard that can identify computer users by the way they type.

The device can help prevent unauthorised users from gaining direct access to computers, said Zhong Lin Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The smart keyboard can sense typing patterns - including the pressure applied to keys and speed - that can accurately distinguish one individual user from another.

So even if someone knows your password, he or she cannot access your computer because that person types in a different way than you would.

It also can harness the energy generated from typing to either power itself or another small device.

And the special surface coating repels dirt and grime.

"The keyboard could provide an additional layer of protection to boost the security of our computer systems," Wang said.

According to him, password protection is one of the most common ways we control who can log onto our computers - and see the private information we entrust to them.

But as many recent high-profile stories about hacking and fraud have demonstrated, passwords are themselves vulnerable to theft.

This keyboard is a more secure and still cost-effective and user-friendly approach to safeguarding what's on our computers, the authors concluded.

The paper was detailed in the journal ACS Nano.

IANS

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