sorry, missed some of the topic shift, but again, there's that youtube video posted previously showing something extremely similar
It's also interesting that this could work more like a pre-shared key... we don't have to use asynchronous crypto since both devices could generate the same key off of the "shake pattern" the challenge in doing this is determining when the "shake" starts to get everything synchronized On 12/3/07, Randall Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, I don't think "shoogle" mentioned the pairing-shaking security > idea. I thought that they were only creating non visual user interfaces to > things like number of SMSs and battery charge. The main similarity is > shaking, which maracas and rainsticks both clearly have prior art on these > ideas. > > Randall > > On 12/3/07, Jeff Andros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > um, is anyone that's replied on this thread a member of the University > > of Glasgow team that developed the software(shoogle)? I'm guessing not. it > > has obviously already been invented, which means that disclosure arguments > > are rendered moot by prior art. Moreover, trying to patent something that > > someone else invented is theft of intellectual property... preventing this > > is one of the reasons the GPL exists. If you want to go forward on this, > > check with the authors(see below for contact information) they'd probably be > > delighted to have community help in developing it. > > > > > > > > > Authors(taken from > > http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~rod/publications/WilMurHug07Interactive.pdf<http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/%7Erod/publications/WilMurHug07Interactive.pdf>): > > John Williamson > > Dept. Computing Science > > University of Glasgow > > Glasgow G!2 8QQ, UK > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Roderick Murray-Smith > > Dept. Computing Science > > University of Glasgow > > Glasgow G!2 8QQ, UK > > and > > Hamilton Institute > > National University of Ireland > > Maynooth, Ireland > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Stephen Hughes > > Dept. Computing Science > > University of Glasgow > > Glasgow G!2 8QQ, UK > > and > > SAMH Engineering > > > > -- > > Jeff > > O|||||||O > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > -- > Randall Mason > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- Jeff O|||||||O
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