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New Topic Post Reply Add to Bookmarks Posts: New posts 24 hours Hot Top 20 Account: Inbox / PM Login Register   Help Search Author This Credit card only works when spoken to axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW Posted: 2004-04-22 15:30 Engineers at Santa Monica-based Beepcard have developed a prototype credit card that offers built-in voice recognition, requiring the user to speak a passcode before unlocking the card. Based on an earlier prototype that 'squawked' an audible ID code to an online server, the idea is to verify that the actual card is being held in the hand of the owner, rather than someone just punching in credit card numbers without a card. Currently, the prototype is as small as a credit card, but about three times as thick. Engineers hope to shrink that size down to normal credit card thickness, including a non-replaceable battery that would be capable of powering ten transactions a day for up to two years. More Here: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994900 [Image removed][Image removed][Image removed][Image removed][Image removed] [addsig] Lynx69 Joined: Feb 22, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: [ENGLAND] PM Posted: 2004-04-22 19:37 What if one day you have a sore throat? >>*Wow 2100+ posts*<< Access the forum with a mobile phone via esato.mobi New Topic Reply