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Trade-Offs

On a personal note, today, January 9th, marks six months since I underwent laparoscopic kidney surgery. I’ve written about various episodes from that time in a previous blog, so if you’re interested, please take a look: This time, I’d like to discuss something I’ve been contemplating since the very beginning of our vein authentication business, long before my hospital stay: trade-offs. A trade-off refers to a situation where achieving one goal means compromising another—essentially, a relationship where “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” However, since its inception, mofiria has been advocating that our vein authentication technology resolves the trade-off between “high security” and “simplicity and convenience”, making

Thoughts on a 10-Day Hospital Stay 2

2. Hospital Security A couple of months before my recent hospitalization, I visited another large hospital to see a highly respected senior colleague. Even then, I had the same impression: Japanese hospitals operate under the assumption of inherent goodness in people. The fact that there aren’t frequent major incidents is, in a sense, remarkable and may even be something we can be proud of as it reflects the goodness and sincerity of the Japanese people. However, from a security standpoint against malicious individuals, it feels quite inadequate. *So far, I’ve been writing from the perspective of the peculiarities of “Japanese hospitals,” but since I’m not fully aware of the situation

Thoughts on a 10-Day Hospital Stay 1

A month ago, I had a hospital stay for about ten days for surgery. During that time, I had some impressive experiences related to advancements in medical technology and my main field of security. I’d like to talk about these in two parts. 1. Advancements in Medical Technology It had been about 25 years since my last proper hospital stay, and I must say that the latest medical technology is incredible. I underwent laparoscopic surgery assisted by a surgical robot, which is known for being less burdensome on the body. With a focus on the patient’s smooth recovery, the steps towards discharge progressed rapidly, in stark contrast to the old

Reflections on Two Recent Major Fraud Incidents

The embezzlement of a large amount of money from baseball player Shohei Ohtani’s account by former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, and the theft of a gold tea bowl worth over ten million yen from Nihonbashi Takashimaya, were both big surprises from a “that can’t happen!” perspective. In both cases, I feel that using vein authentication could have prevented these incidents, and although it sounds like a promotion for Mofiria, I would like to comment. In case 1, ID and password can be logged in by anyone if they are leaked, but vein authentication makes impersonation impossible. It is also nearly impossible to create a fake, so Mizuhara would not have been

Satoshi Amagai’s Blog : Visiting Tokyo Big Sight

I visited the Tokyo Big Sight this week, starting March 12th, as several exhibitions were held concurrently. Even just in the East Hall alone, there were this many exhibits (photo included), and since there were also companies of interest in the West and South Halls, I ended up walking around quite a bit and became tired both physically and mentally. After a few years’ hiatus due to the coronavirus, I returned to this March event to find changes ranging from subtle to significant Below, I will share my personal impressions in no particular order. ①The most impressive change was at the ‘JAPAN SHOP’ exhibition in the East, Hall 4. I

Contributions of Mofiria During Natural Disasters

I would like to express my sincere condolences to those who lost their lives in the recent Noto earthquake and the airplane collision at Haneda Airport. I also pray for a swift recovery in both mind and body, and for the restoration of the living environments for those who have been affected. 2024 has started tumultuously for Japan, and in my previous blog, I wrote the following: “It’s a world where a new era, unimaginable as an extension of the past, suddenly arrives. With this in mind, I strongly desire to continue promoting our impeccably accurate technology globally, from the perspective that, nevertheless, personal verification is absolutely necessary.” At that

13th Anniversary – Evolving Journey

1) 12 Years of Foundation・December 6 marks our company’s founding anniversary, completing 13 full years.We are grateful for everyone’s warm support.As summarized below, this year continued to challenge us with trials in our immediate, near, and future business. 2) Persisting Shortage of Parts <Today’s Business Challenges>While large corporations are easing their parts supply and performing well, small tech ventures like us still face unresolved supply chain issues, continuing our trials.We experienced tough times in hardware business due to extended delivery times and sudden discontinuation of parts we use in our current products. Faced with parts discontinuation, we started developing products with new parts, only to learn that these too would

Sri Lanka Travelogue (7) – Start-ups in Sri Lanka

During this visit, I had the opportunity to meet with 10 start-ups from Sri Lanka. Out of them, 9 had been shortlisted from about 70 companies through a document screening process for a contest that offers a chance to visit Japan and collaborate with Japanese enterprises. I participated in listening to their presentations and evaluating them. Firstly, what impressed me was the strong sense of patriotism evident in their presentations. Of course, they all want to be successful, but there was a prevalent message about realizing the potential of Sri Lanka and contributing to its growth, which I found admirable. However, I felt that many are not familiar with making

Sri Lanka Travelogue (5) ‘Jungle Visit Part 2

Continuing on with episodes from my jungle visit. ①Next, I was most surprised by a vanilla farm where we applied a ‘leech-repelling cream’. It’s located deep in the central region. While other parts of the jungle had narrow roads that just about allowed a single car to pass, here we had to leave the car towards the end and walk a few hundred meters to reach the destination. When told about the ‘leech-repelling cream’, I was so taken aback that I forgot to take a crucial photo. We applied a cream, similar in color and consistency to mentholatum, all around our shoe midsoles. Still, the brave soul (?) who accompanied

Finger Vein Recognition

Finger vein recognition is a sort of biometrics using finger vein patterns for verifying or identifying one person.

mofiria provides finger vein authentication devices and SDKs that combine the highest level of accuracy, speed and efficiency.

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