Comments on: My latest million dollar idea http://blog.xcski.com/2007/11/19/my-latest-million-dollar-idea Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Stephen Harris http://blog.xcski.com/2007/11/19/my-latest-million-dollar-idea#comment-64734 Stephen Harris Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:00:01 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/11/19/my-latest-million-dollar-idea#comment-64734 I've heard of a better variation; facial recognition. The PC/laptop/whatever has a camera. You login (maybe using facial recognition as part of the process) and as long as your head is within camera view then you're OK. Move away and instant screen lock. This is great for traders who may be sitting there for a long time just watching screen updates without necessarily entering data at the keyboard or moving the mouse; for them idle timeout screen locks are annoying. But having one based on their presence... very useful! I've not seen this working in practice, but I've heard of some banks trialing it. I’ve heard of a better variation; facial recognition. The PC/laptop/whatever has a camera. You login (maybe using facial recognition as part of the process) and as long as your head is within camera view then you’re OK. Move away and instant screen lock. This is great for traders who may be sitting there for a long time just watching screen updates without necessarily entering data at the keyboard or moving the mouse; for them idle timeout screen locks are annoying. But having one based on their presence… very useful!

I’ve not seen this working in practice, but I’ve heard of some banks trialing it.

]]> By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2007/11/19/my-latest-million-dollar-idea#comment-64732 Tina Marie Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:30:28 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/11/19/my-latest-million-dollar-idea#comment-64732 It's sort of been done, with Bluetooth on the Mac: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030224123820592 It’s sort of been done, with Bluetooth on the Mac:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030224123820592

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