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EarEcho

Posted on October 20, 2019October 20, 2019

Can you hear me now? Good. Now, unlock that phone. University at Buffalo computer scientist Zhanpeng Jin and his team have developed EarEcho, a biometric tool that can authenticate smartphone users via their wireless earbuds. The tool uses unique geometry of human ear canals. “It doesn’t matter what the sound is, everyone’s ears are different … Continue reading Next up, wireless buds to unlock your smartphone

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Om Malik is a a San Francisco-based writer, photographer, and investor. He has spent three decades in the trenches of Silicon Valley as a journalist, entrepreneur, and, more recently, as a venture capitalist. He has been writing about the commercial Internet since its birth. Read more

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