Remembering your password to access your computer may be unnecessary in the future thanks to facial recognition technology being developed by different organizations.
Eyelock has created the $280 Myris, which can plug into any computer and remember the user's password, according to CBS News. With this device, all you have to do is look into it and you'll be able to use your device.
The functionality of Myris is based on the eye-scanning technology that Tony Antolino, head of Eyelock, uses to open the front door at work.
"We look into the mirror, it turns blue because it recognizes a live person, green because it authenticates and I've just logged into my Facebook account," Antolino said while demonstrating the technology.
Hector Hoyas from Hoyas Labs provides the same technology in his One You app, which uses iris and facial recognition to enter the user's password on the phone and link it to their computer, WTSP 10 News reported. The app costs $0.99 per month and works with the camera in the person's smartphone so they can avoid entering passwords manually.
"All of us have multiple passwords, multiple sites- we can't remember them," Hoyas said.
The technology has its flaws, however, as One You can have troubling lighting up and Myris can insufficiently log in sometimes, CBS News reported. Despite these issues, Antolino and Hoyas say this technology will grow in the future, not just with computers.
This future may not be far away since the eye-opening technology is already being developed for ATMs and security checkpoints, WTSP 10 News reported.
Creating long and complicated passwords may also come in handy with this technology, as it would help you keep hackers out of your computer.
