SMILE. It's all you need to login to your computer. It's a security software pretty nice but it does have some space for improvement.

How does BananaScreen work ?
With a simple webcam, facial features are captured to build a statistical representation of the face. No picture is stored on your harddrive (or anywhere else) but only your face model (binary format).

What do I need to use BananaScreen ?
You only need a correctly configured webcam and 5MB on your harddrive.

Do I need a particular webcam ?
We successfully tested BananaScreen with most of the recent (<2 years) webcams. If you encounter a compatibility problem with a webcam, please post a message in this forum with a detailed description of the webcam. They will try to fix the problem as soon as possible and keep you aware.

Which operating system is needed to run BananaScreen?
BananaScreen has been tested on Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) and Windows XP (Service Pack 2). The team are currently working on a MacOSX version which will be delivered soon!

What about privacy ?
No picture is stored on your harddrive nor transmitted on internet. Only your face model is locally stored. This model is based on some statistics of your facial features and is saved in a binary format which cannot be read by third parties.

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Switching from a Desktop computer to a Laptop can save up to 500 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the air per year!

With today’s push to go green did you know that by Replacing your desktop and monitor with an efficient laptop displaying the Energy Star logo, and then setting it to go to sleep when you’re not using it, can save about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide every year.

This one simple change can have a dramatic impact on the emissions of the so called green house gases that we all contribute to. For most of us making this change today does not mean that you will have to give up any performance as laptops today are as efficient as the desktops as far as performance and speed.

What about all my accessories you may ask; well today’s laptops have addressed this as well since many of them now come with multiple ports for all the accessories that you may want or need. If you have more accessories then you have ports there are a number of different adapters on the market that will allow you to expand one port into a hub where you are able to add numerous connections.

Today you can purchase laptops that have the same if not larger size hard drives as a desktop computer does. The speed of the laptop computer now compares with the desk speed as well. Video editing, large complex files, working over the internet, networking, copying and writing CDs and DVDs can all be done on the laptop computer and at some remarkable speeds I might add. Having the ability to network may allow many of use to work from home even if it is only one day per week we could further reduce the amount of gases produced by not jumping in our car and traveling 30 to 50 mile to work that day.

And when you add to the fact if you use multiple as many of use do today you now have the freedom to roam from room to room and be just as productive as if you were setting at your office desk the Idea of switching from a desktop to a laptop becomes even a more attractive option.

Today’s laptops have screen sizes ranging from 12 inches up to 20 inches. The clarity of the laptop screen has been improved dramatically over the last several years and you no longer have to have the screen sitting just a the right angle in order it be able to view the screen.

Switching from a desk top to a laptop is a very good way to improve your productivity while at the same time help in lowering the amount of green house gases that you contribute to each year. Lets all do are part in the effort of reducing green house gases that we produce and help keep our planet green!

Can you imagine if every one that is currently using a desktop were to switch to a new energy star compliant laptop what this one simple change would have on the amount of green house gases produced each day could be? Sure even this extraordinary amount is only a fraction of the total daily gases produced but it is a step in the right direction.

As we see the air quality continue to diminish through out our communities and global warming continues isn’t it about time we start doing are part in reducing the amount of green house gases that we contribute on a daily basis. We only have the one chance to make a difference and if we pass it by the outcome does not look to promising.

Going green does not mean we have to give up on different aspects of our life it does mean that we need to stop and think as to how we can make a difference in our world today. Making a few simple changes into how we each live our lives and how we accomplish are daily task can and will help save our planet if we just think first.