MIMA (which means password according to google translator) is a gesture-based lock. In order to open it, the user has to execute a sequence of gestures.

One of the perks of this kind of interaction is that the user can re-define the gesture sequence and the gestures themselves, so it is highly customizable.

Another advantage is that using gestures we have an almost infinite number of combinations to open the lock, and all with a simple interaction. In addition, the idea is to use the tiny /subtle micro-movements from each user to create a unique identification.

Even though the Project Soli was still in a very early stage, we tried to think about the simplest idea that would be feasible with the state of the technology at that moment and at the same time would allow us to totally understand the inner workings and possibilities.

The idea was to convert some of the drawbacks into advantages. So we decided to make use of the Machine Learning and instead of trying to make Soli work for all the users, we decided to detect the movement of just one specific user.

Another thing that we wanted to obtain was to create an interface that was really simple or even not to have an interface. We wanted it to be a seamless interaction, easy to use and understand.

And finally we wanted to think about a current interaction and redefine it in a completely different way using the new technology that we have in our hands. That's how we came up with the idea of building a gesture-based lock.