Military-Industrial Complex Offers New Biotech Passwords for HealthBrandon Turbeville It uses high-performance silicon and can stretch up to 200 per cent. The Biostamp can monitor temperature, hydration and strain, among other medical statistics. The first prototypes were stuck on using an plaster-style patches. More recent prototypes are applied directly to the skin using a rubber stamp. It can then be covered with spray-on bandage to make it more durable and waterproof enough to wash. The MC10 Biostamp is said to last up to two weeks before it starts to come loose. Motorola claims that the circuits, which also contain antennae and built-in sensors, could be adapted to work with mobile phones and tablets. The mobile devices could then be used to confirm the owners identity and log them in to accounts automatically. This would prevent thieves and other people from being able to access a phone, or individual apps on the device, if it is stolen or lost. The Proteus Digital Health pill contains a computer chip and a switch. Once swallowed, the acid in the wearers stomach causes electrolytes to turn the switch on and off. This creates an 18-bit ECG-like signal that can be picked up by mobile devices and authentication hardware to verify the wearer is the correct owner of the device or account. It can also monitor heart rate. The pill was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012 after getting European regulatory approval in 2010. Motorolas Regina Dugan called it the vitamin authentication pill and said the pills can be taken every day for 30 days, if necessary, without any problems. At the conference, Woodside went on to explain how the pill could be used more for authentication than for the monitoring of the medical health of patients, when he stated that Motorola has tested it authenticating a phone and it works. Authentication is irritating. In fact its so irritating only about half the people do it. Despite the fact there is a lot of information about you on your smartphone, which makes you far more prone to identity theft. After 40 years of advances in computation, were still authenticating the same way we did years ago passwords. In fact its worse, the average users does it 39 times a day and it takes them 2.3 seconds every time they do it. Power users will do it up to 100 times a day. So what are we doing about it? Well [Motorola] is thinking of a whole variety of options for how to do better at authentication such as near-term things including tokens or fobs that have NFC or bluetooth. But you can also think about a means of authentication you can wear on your skin every day, say an electronic tattoo or a vitamin pill. Of course, for all the repetition of increased convenience and greater ability to authenticate electronic devices such as smart phones or quick and easier access to secure accounts etc. it is not mentioned once by the promoters of the pills and tattoos or by the media (also apparent promoters of the pills and tattoos) that such technology would be a Godsend to government agencies that might wish to restrict access to devices, accounts, and the like in the future. Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of three books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, and Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident.Turbeville has published over 200 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 