🔒 The Problem
Modern digital security requires users to memorize increasingly complex numeric codes, creating a fundamental tension between security and usability.
- Complex codes are secure but difficult to remember
- Simple codes are memorable but vulnerable to attacks
- Memory failures can lead to permanent loss of digital assets
- Certain user groups (children, elderly, cognitively impaired) face additional challenges
- High-stress situations make recall even more difficult
Real Impact: Millions of dollars in cryptocurrency lost due to forgotten private keys, device lockouts from forgotten PINs, and security breaches from weak passwords.
💡 Our Solution
We introduce a systematic approach that leverages generative AI to create memorable visual mnemonics by blending familiar concepts.
- Maps numbers to objects, organisms, and occupations
- Creates composite images using conceptual blending
- Generates distinctive, memorable visual anchors
- Maintains security while improving memorability
- Accessible to diverse user groups and abilities
Key Innovation: Automated generation of evocative imagery using AI tools like DALL-E, combined with cognitive principles of bisociation and trisociation.
📊 Key Benefits & Impact
Target User Groups
- Children learning emergency numbers and basic security
- Older adults managing multiple digital accounts
- Users with memory-related challenges
- Professionals in high-stress environments
- Cryptocurrency users securing valuable digital assets
- Anyone seeking better password/PIN memorization
Technical Advantages
- Base-256 encoding maximizes information density
- Predefined lookup tables ensure consistency
- Conceptual blending creates memorable "bizarre" imagery
- AI generation scales to any number length
- Compatible with existing security standards (BIP39)
🎨 Examples in Action
A bisociated image combining the natural patterns of aloe with guitar design
A trisociated image blending occupation, organism, and object concepts
Each image represents paired concepts, creating a visual story for the entire key
Applications
🏧 Banking PINs
4-digit codes → single bisociated image
📱 Device Passcodes
6-digit codes → enhanced visual mnemonics
🆘 Emergency Numbers
Critical contact information → memorable sequences
₿ Cryptocurrency Keys
Private keys → series of mnemonic images