Motorola is working on a digital tattoo and once-daily pill, both of which can be used as passwords.
The tattoo is a developmental system made by MC10 with an antenna and sensors embedded into it. Motorola’s plan is to advance the tattoo for authentication.
“That becomes my first superpower, I really want this superpower. It means that my arms are like wires, my hands are like alligator clips. When I touch my phone, my computer, my door, my car, I’m authenticated in,” former DARPA head Regina Dugan, now in charge of advanced research at Motorola, said an interview at the D11 conference this week.
The pill has a small chip inside it with a switch and an inside-out potato battery. Once swallowed the acid in the stomach serves as the electrolyte and powers it up.
It however will not be available in the near future, though it has already been tested to work for authenticating a user with his or her cell phone.
