April 29, 2015
Yahoo Labs presents Bodyprint, an authentication system, to unlock your smartphone!
"Bodyprint brings biometric authentication to commodity mobile devices using the capacitive touchscreen as a low-resolution, but large-area image sensor to reliably identify users based on their ears, fists, or grips when pressed against the touchscreen. "
http://www.christianholz.net/bodyprint.html
Beside your ears, you can use other body parts, fingers, fists, and palms by pressing them against the display.
See how it work on Youtube:
Bodyprint: Biometric Authentication on Smartphones using the Touchscreen as a Scanner
image source: http://www.christianholz.net/bodyprint.html
