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Heartbeat recognition could soon be used to unlock doors, start cars and even pay for your shopping thanks to new, wearable software currently under development.

The Nymi is a lightweight, wearable wristband which authenticates a user’s identity through their electrocardiogram (ECG) - or heartbeat rhythm.

Canadian company Bionym, the creator of Nymi, say the technology is more unique and harder to forge than a fingerprint.

The Nymi’s ECG recognition algorithms observe the shape of the wearer's heartbeat, extracting unique and consistent features.

The hi-tech bracelet works by reading the wearer's ECG 'wave pattern' and finding its unique identifiers to use as an alternative to asking for a Pin number or password.

The technology is currently being tested out with £9 million in funding from financial companies including Mastercard.

It's creators say the Nymi is robust against a wide variety of health issues, and even if the rhythm of the wearer's heartbeat varies - for instance, during exercise - the shape of the unique ECG wave pattern is still recognisable and the device will still work.

During authentication the system is able to ignore low frequency anomalies and will still correctly identify its owner, while a medical condition such as cardiac arrhythmia or the use of pacemakers will not impact the Nymi’s performance because every heartbeat, even an irregular one, has a unique signature.

Founded in 2011, Bionym is based in Toronto and the project is currently being privately-funded by Ignition Partners, Relay Ventures, Mastercard and Salesforce Ventures.

The Nymi Band is its first product, which it bills as a 'wearable technology device that delivers persistent identity experiences by using the wearer's unique electric cardiac signature as a biometric.'

When the Nymi is activated, it communicates a secure, digitally signed identity credential via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to smart devices - everything from a smartphone, to a vehicle, to a locked door.

Unlike an iris scan or fingerprint sensor, the device can take a reading without the wearer interacting with it.

Balaji Gopalan, a director at Bionym, said: 'Anywhere you go the bracelet will identify you to other devices, which could be the payments wallet on your smartphone, or in future, cash machines, cars and computers.

The wearer is authenticated when they first put on the wristband, which enables continuous access to services and devices via wireless communication.

As soon as it is removed from the wearer’s body, it becomes deactivated.新型可佩戴設備不久後可將心跳識別應用於打開門鎖、啓動汽車，和支付賬款，設備目前還在研發中。

Nymi是一款重量輕，可配戴的手環，通過心電圖或心跳節奏來識別使用者身份。

Nymi的發明者加拿大公司Bionym表示，這項技術比指紋識別更特別且難以模仿。

Nymi的心電圖識別法通過觀察使用者的心電圖形狀提取出獨特、一致的特徵。

智能手環讀取佩戴者心電圖的“波形”，找出獨特的識別碼作爲密碼。

這項技術目前正接受檢測，檢測資金共9百萬英鎊，來源於包括萬事達（Mastercard）在內的多家金融公司。

設計者說，Nymi能夠應對各種健康問題，即使是使用者心跳節奏的變化。例如，在運動時獨特的心電圖波形也可辨認，設備可繼續工作。

測試證明，系統可以忽略低頻率異常現象，準確識別主人。心律不齊之類的狀況或使用心臟起搏器不會影響Nymi的工作，因爲即使是不規則的心跳也具有每個人自己的特點。

Bionym成立於2011年，總部位於多倫多，這個項目目前由啓明投創（Ignition Partners）、Relay Ventures、萬事達信用卡（Mastercard）和Salesforce公司進行私人資助。

Nymi手環是這家公司的第一個產品，公司將它宣傳爲“可佩帶的科技裝置，通過使用佩戴者的心電圖特點傳遞穩定識別信息”。

Nymi手環一旦被激活，就會通過低功耗藍牙技術將安全的數字身份證書傳遞給智能設備，從手機到汽車和上鎖的門。