Scientists at Georgia Tech claim to have come up with an “intelligent” keyboard they believe will change the face of computing.The self powered non-mechanical keyboard, they say, will give better security.
It generates electricity when a person’s fingertips contact the multi-layer materials that make up the device.
Zhong Lin Wang, a professor at Georgia Tech, said: “Every punch of the keys produces a complex electrical signal that can be recorded and analysed.”
The scientists believe the keyboard can also generate enough juice to charge portable devices or to turn a keyboard into a wireless keyboard.
Wang said: “This has the potential to be a new means for identifying users. With this system, a compromised password would not allow a cyber criminal onto the computer. The way each person types even a few words is individual and unique.”
