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An 'anti-ageing pill' which could allow people to live to 120 is being developed in Russia, it was claimed.

An 'anti-ageing pill' which could allow people to live to 120 is being developed in Russia, it was claimed.

Published Jun 17, 2013

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London - They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But soon it may also be the way to his email, Facebook and bank accounts.

Scientists have created the first “edible password” to save you having to remember a whole list of them.

The “vitamin authentication” pill, being developed by phone manufacturer Motorola, is a small tablet embedded with a computer chip.

Once swallowed, your stomach acid is used to power its battery and create a signal that can be received by your phone or laptop. As the body conducts electricity, one touch of the computer or phone screen with your finger, face or elbow, and you’re in.

The technology has been approved by America’s health watchdog, but the ‘password pill’ has yet to move beyond prototype stage. One failing is that it would pass through your digestive system every 24 hours or so.

So if you want to give up memorising passwords for good, you’d have to make a password pill part of your daily routine. - Daily Mail

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