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Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse

Posted by simoniker on from the signing-mickey-mouse-frowned-upon dept.

icke writes "Soon, the way you use your mouse could help prove who you are. According to a BBC News article, scientists have found a way for people to sign their name online using a mouse instead of a pen. The technology, based on the research from Queen Mary College, University of London by Peter McOwan, 'uses a neural network to pick out the unique features of the way that someone uses a mouse.'"

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  3. Re:Works great by Gay+Nigger · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, yeah, you're right! I've been using it without the mousepad for an hour or so now, and it seems to work fine. Many thanks!

  4. Re:right.... by Ieshan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, but if they brought you into the store and gave you a computer to sign your name with, think of the ink we could save!

  5. This won't work, and here's why: by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 1, Troll
    Yeah? What if the mouse on my laptop is a scratchpad, the one in my desktop is a trackball, the one at work is a traditional mouse full of dust, and the one on my buddy's IBM laptop is that red "dot" thingy?

    It sounds like this system of verifying stuff won't work in the real world.

  6. Wonderful by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 0, Troll

    "It's about using the mouse as a kind of surrogate pen," said Dr McOwan.

    Wow doctor! What a fucking revelation! This just in ... I've discovered a way to draw perfect circles using a mouse. Holy shit... it'll change the world.

    Sometimes, I get the feeling that I'm surrounded by idiots. Oh wait a minute... I AM!

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