Scientists create an 'invisible key'

Scientists create an 'invisible key'

A team of Taiwanese researchers have developed an "invisible key" technology which allow users to open their doors by means of simple hand gestures, the head of the team said Monday. "In the future, you won't have to worry about losing or forgetting your keys," said Tsai Yao-pin, who
teaches at the Technology and Science Institute of Northern Taiwan

.

At the heart of the technology urbanized by his team is a chip that can detect group in three dimensions, as used in Nintendo's Wii video game comfort, he said.

The technology allows users to easily undo their doors by repeating a gesture fixed in the sensor, according to Tsai.

The "invisible key" won him a gold award at the four-day Taipei global Invention Show and Technomart which broken Sunday.

He predictable that it make take half a year for the invention to go profitable as several interested companies have approached him.