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‘Brain Chip’ For Boeing’s Spy Phone Will Self-Destruct If It Falls Into The Wrong Hands

Boeing is working with U.S. government’s Department of Homeland Security to create a ‘brain chip’ for its self-destructing smartphone that will be able to recognise its user.

The intelligent chip would use various sensors to learn its owner’s behaviour, including their voice, how they type and even how they walk.

If the phone was used by someone who didn’t match these characteristics, the chip could lock, alert security forces or potentially even self-destruct.

According to Nextgov, the so-called neuromorphic chip simulates human learning.

The chip would utilise every possible aspect of the phones hardware - including cameras, microphones, motion sensors and GPS trackers - in order to provide as many levels of user identification as possible.

The chip will be embedded into the Boeing Black ‘spy phone’ as part of a two-year development programme and will then go through six months of screening before Homeland Security even considers using it for agents in the field.

The Boeing Black smartphone is designed for communications between government agencies and their contractors and runs a secure version of Google’s Android mobile software.

The high security handset is capable of encrypting calls and uses dual SIM cards to enable users to connect to a variety of mobile networks.

Image credit: Boeing

H/T: DailyMail.com