WHICH IS BETTER: USE OF PASSWORD OR USE OF THOUGHTS? YOU TELL!

 Let me ask you a question: "Have you ever thought of your facebook, twitter or any other account, that you have, to open itself without you entering the password for it?" If you have thought of it, then here is your dream true moment.Now you can enter your internet accounts without entering the passwords. You will just have to think about it, & you will be able to use it, thanks to a new wireless headset device developed by researchers.

Remembering passwords for all your accounts can get very hard & annoying. There are only so many punctuation, number substitutes and uppercase variations that you can recall, and writing them down for all to find is hardly an option.

Researchers at the University of California Berkeley School of Information, have developed the device that explores the feasibility of brainwaves-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords. By measuring brain-waves with bio-sensor technology, researchers are able to replace passwords with your thoughts, which have been given the name "passthoughts" by the researchers, for computer authentication.

A USD 100 headset wirelessly connects to a computer via Bluetooth, and the device's sensors rests against the user's forehead, providing a electroencephalogram (EEG) signal from the brain. The NeuroSky Mindset (name of the device) looks just like any other Bluetooth set and is more user-friendly, researchers said.


Now you would be thinking if anybody accidantly come to know about your passthought & will open your account, But that is not gonna happen. Brainwaves are also unique to each individual, so even if someone knew your passthought, their emitted EEG signals would be different. "Other than the EEG sensor, the headset is indistinguishable from a conventional Bluetooth headset for use with mobile phones, music players, and other computing devices," according to the researchers.

Participants, in a series of tests, completed seven different mental tasks with the device, including imagining their finger moving up and down and choosing a personalized secret, the report said.

Simple actions like focusing on breathing or on a thought for ten seconds resulted in successful authentication. "We find that brainwave signals, even those collected using low-cost non-intrusive EEG sensors in everyday settings, can be used to authenticate users with high degrees of accuracy," the researchers concluded.