I’ve joked with friends at how I’d love the RFID chip from my Oyster card (tube ticket for those outside the UK) embedded in my wrist, so I could just wave over the touch pads at the entrance and exits to tube stations and stroll on through instead of rummaging through my bag for it at the gate each time. But someone back in Australia has already out-geeked me here by inserting a microchip in his arm which acts as keyless entry to his house.
Picture:Joe Armao from SMH article
New scientist also reported this week a new way for humans and computers to talk to each other called MUCI – Muscle computer interface. With MUCI a sensor (in this case an arm-band) is able to recognise gestures via changes in the forearm muscles and convert them into instructions.
I know, we already have keys that work perfectly well to open houses, and a keyboard already exists to interface what your muscles (in your hands) are saying to a computer, but it’s just the sheer nerdy gadgetry (well, actually lack of gadgetry) that makes these things so fascinating!
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