Wearable Authentication Device | Utilizes Your Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Bionym has developed the first wearable authentication device that utilizes a user's Electrocardiogram (ECG) to validate a person’s identity. The Nymi has two electrodes, one on the wrist and one on the top. To authenticate, a user must attach the Nymi, and then place their finger on the top electrode to complete the electric current. A user only needs to validate their identity once, until the Nymi is removed. The closed loop keeps the Nymi in an authenticated state, removing all need for repeated prompts (such as in fingerprint scanning or PIN requests).

Once authenticated, the Nymi communicates the user’s identity to a device (such as a smartphone, vehicle, elctronic lock, or even a smart environtment) using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The Nymi not only uses the BLE to reliably communicate with the world, but it also uses it to sense how far away it is from devices (proximity detection). The Nymi allows users to interact with the world as a person, not as a number.

via Bionym

SoftPerfect Network Scanner

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and many advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP/UDP ports and displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden). 

In addition, it allows you to mount shared folders as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and report back if one is open. It can also resolve host names and auto-detect your local and external IP range. It supports remote shutdown and Wake-On-LAN.

Key features 

• Pings computers and displays those alive. 
• Detects hardware MAC-addresses, even across routers. 
• Detects hidden shared folders and writable ones. 
• Detects your internal and external IP addresses. 
• Scans for listening TCP ports, some UDP and SNMP services. 
• Retrieves currently logged-on users, configured user accounts, uptime, etc. 
• You can mount and explore network resources. 
• Can launch external third party applications. 
• Exports results to HTML, XML, CSV and TXT 
• Supports Wake-On-LAN, remote shutdown and sending network messages. 
• Retrieves potentially any information via WMI. 
• Retrieves information from remote registry, file system and service manager. 
• It is absolutely free, requires no installation, and does not contain any adware/spyware/malware. 

Download link: SoftPerfect Network Scanner, SoftPerfect website