This wristband works with your heartbeat to pay for things

We know that Apple Pay works with your fingerprint to verify payments, but another company has developed a wristband that uses a different part of the body: the human heart.

It's called Nymi, and it's a wristband that charts your "unique cardiac rhythm" to verify your identity. Bionym, the startup behind Nymi, is launching a pilot payment program for users to test out the bracelet as a way to pay for things. Think of it as a mobile payment, but it's wearable.

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Bionym claims Nymi is the first wearable that works with a biometric to verify NFC (near-field communication) payments. A biometric, in this sense, is a biological element that's used as a security measure Read more...

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