[VIDEO] This Bracelet Uses Your Heartbeat to Open Your Car Door

Imagine one ring, rather, one bracelet to rule them all, allowing you to leave your keys and wallet at home and banish lengthy, character-filled passwords from your mind. That's what the Nymi bracelet would let users do.

theblaze.com

The Nymi is worn as a bracelet. It monitors your cardiac rhythm, a unique signature for each person. It is constantly authenticating your identity as it wirelessly interacts with devices. You put it on once, it authenticates you, and it keeps going until it's removed.

But what if someone took your bracelet, would your valuables be vulnerable? Not likely because the keycode Nymi uses to unlock your car, log on to your computer and pay for your groceries is your own unique heartbeat.

telegraph.co.uk

Although other companies are also working on password replacements that use a person's biometric data such as an iris, face, or fingerprint, for example, Bionym founder, Dr. Karl Martin, claims Nymi is even more secure.

It all looks like a lot of fun, but this sort of wireless Nymi-connected world isn't going to be ready right out of the starting gate. The bracelet is still in the prototype stage, and Bionym is encouraging developers to get involved. In the meantime, the first batch of Nymi devices will work with an app available for Android, iOS, Macs, and Windows machines.

qz.com

You can go ahead and preorder a Nymi for $79. That price is good for the first 25,000 people in line. Then, it goes up to $99. Shipping is scheduled for early spring of 2014.

geek.com

Bionym, the company behind Nymi, has much bigger plans for the inexpensive authenticator. It wants to convince other hardware manufacturers — from companies like Samsung that build smart appliances to Tesla Motors — to integrate Nymi support into their products.

When the wearer clasps the Nymi around their wrist, the bracelet powers on. By placing a finger on the topside sensor while the wrist is in contact with the bottom sensor, it completes an electrical circuit.

Nymi will then vibrate and built-in LEDs light up to tell the wearer the device has successfully authenticated them. Users will stay authenticated until they remove their Nymi and the electrical circuit is broke.

telegraph.co.uk

The Nymi functions on a 3-factor security system - the bracelent, a unique heartbeat and an Authorized Authentication Device (AAD), which is a smartphone or device registered with the app.

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