IBM released a list of five technologies the companies predicts will become part of everyday life by 2016. Along with mind reading through headsets with sensors and using kinetic energy to heat a home, IBM believes that within the next five years we will replace passwords with biometric data.

According to CBS News, IBM touts that we will no longer need to create, track or remember multiple passwords for various log-ins.

“Imagine you will be able to walk up to an ATM machine to securely withdraw money by simply speaking your name or looking into a tiny sensor that can recognize the unique patterns in the retina of your eye. Or by doing the same, you can check your account balance on your mobile phone or tablet,” CBS News reported. “This is all because of a set of systems that may well be on their way down the pike known as multifactor biometrics. And as a result of our individual faces, voices, and retinas, we may soon be able to access all the things that today require passwords without having to remember anything.”

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