Cnbc: It sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but someday you may be able to access your computer just by thinking.
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Researchers at the UC Berkeley School of Information claim that computer brainwave-based authentication is an effective and secure substitution for manually entered passwords.
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By using sensors to register electroencephalograms (EEGs), or brainwave measurements, computers can recognize brainwaves and allow you to access your accounts via what the researchers call “pass-thoughts” rather than by typing a code consisting of letters, numbers and other characters.
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