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Alphabet's new plan to track 10,000 people could take wearables to the next level

  • Written by Bennett Allan Landman, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Image Science, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Verily – the life sciences research arm of Google parent company Alphabet – wants to track the health of 10,000 people.

On April 19, the group announced that it was starting to recruit for Project Baseline, in partnership with Duke and Stanford. Over the course of four years, Project...

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Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
An alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

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Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
An alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

Why emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageAn alternate choice for unlocking a smartphone.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

Would you rather unlock your smartphone with a plain four-digit PIN or with a smiley-face emoji? Would it be easier and more pleasant to remember “🐱💦🎆🎌,” for example, or...

Read more: Why emojis –

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