Bottom-print car security

Japanese scientists from Tokyo's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology have come up with an amusing idea that some drivers might not be so keen on for a variety of reasons.

Apparently our bottoms are as unique to us as our fingerprints, so naturally researchers have created a chair pressure sensor which scans the seated person’s behind in order to check who they are…

Using 360 sensors to make a 3D image of the – ehem – rear, the chair can identify the individual who is sat on it with 98% accuracy.

Apparently the scientists believe that the chair could replace the need to use computer passwords in offices and also render car keys obsolete as soon as 2014.

We have a few questions – what happens when you have something in your back pocket, or have gained or lost some weight? And more importantly – what can be done about the 2% failure rate?

We’re not sure that we want to sit in our car, having just squeezed into some skinny jeans, for our car to tell us we’re not the owner of our own vehicle.

Labels: bottom, car keys, chair, driver, fingerprint, Japanese, scientist, Tokyo's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology