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Shake a Secure Bluetooth Connection
heilbron writes "The Austrian researcher Rene Mayrhofer of the British Lancaster university and his colleague Hans Gellersen developed a technology to simplify a secured wireless connection of mobile devices. With the so-called shake-to-connect technology an authenticated Bluetooth connection between two mobile phones is established by rhythmic shaking. Integrated oscillation sensors, contained in some mobile phone models, form the basis.
The two researchers sketched out a prototype, which is intended for Nokia mobile phones. An example is documented in this YouTube video clip. If two mobile phones are shaken together, the software in both devices registers the same shaking frequency and authenticates the radio link.
The principle is summed up in a four page PDF document."
I want to see you shake your bluetooth enabled car so you can sync with your phone, or spend the time shaking your keyboard and mouse ( and not look like an idiot ).
I can see a PDA getting loose during shaking and sending it flying under a bus. *crunch*
---- Booth was a patriot ----
"I need to shake my Wii."
Yeah, but what'll you do when she says her taser is too, and offers to link?
No tyrant thrives when every subject says no.
maybe it'll finally give us a reason to outlaw line dancing! obviously violates the dmca
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room
The Beatles - Hippy Hippy Shake
Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
Seal Paul - Shake that thing
Ying Yang Twins - Shake
Eminem - Shake That: Edited Version
Howlin' Wolf - Shake It For Me
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
Savage Garden - Break and shake me
It's only a matter of time till you'll have to dunk both deviced into a cup of tea.
Steve's Computer Service, Hobbs, NM