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Secure phone uses sonar to watch your mouth saying a passphrase

24 November 2017

Bouncing sound waves off your lips, jaw and tongue as you speak a passphrase can make sure the person trying to access your secure information is really you
a mosquito about to land on skin

App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

23 November 2017

AI trained to differentiate the whines of 3500 species of mosquitoes can use your cheap smartphone to tell you if that nearby mosquito will put you at risk of Zika, malaria and dengue fever  

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