New Fujitsu Laptop Reads Your Palm, For Security

judgecorp writes "Fujitsu has launched a laptop which authenticates users using the veins of their palm. The contactless technology is hard to deceive and — since it detects haemoglobin in the veins, is not so likely to be breakable using the gruesome method of cutting off a hand."

Medical Application

[mrbluze]

This means that the near-infra-red emitters and camera have become so cheap as to be mass marketable. Hold off for six or so months before buying a vein finder for medical use, you could save 90% on the price ... or maybe the next generation of smart phones will support this?

Something Tells Me

[The Cat]

Something tells me the people who suggest throwing passwords overboard are the same people who advocate throwing the PC overboard along with 30 years of advancing technology including Flash, SQL, Linux, C and pretty much everything else they can't name-drop to impress college chicks at Silicon Valley parties with.

One of the reasons we can build things like suspension bridges, jet aircraft and hydro-electric dams today is because we don't throw all our engineering knowledge overboard every 30 years.

Maybe people would use good passwords if we spent more time teaching security instead of inventing stupid shit to impress college chicks with.