I am sure that you all have heard about the “Vein pattern recognition” ,a new biometric method (known within Sony as mofiria) allowing access to sensitive data or devices that instead of reading your fingerprints will in fact read your hands or finger vein patterns to whether or not grant you access to your device or data. And today, Sony announced the world’s smallest and lightest USB Finger vein reader named FVA-U1. It is scheduled to be sold within Japan from December 18

For just 84.840 Yen, which is actually cheaper than some High-end BS Netbooks available in Japan, Epson succeed to propose a nice and sleek 13.3” Notebook which happens to be just 20mm thick! Now to make things even more interesting, Epson also includes a Core 2 Duo SU9400 CPU (1.4GHz), 1GB of RAM (4GB Max), 160GB of HDD (250 and 500GB at 7200rpm HDD also available), Wifi BGN and Gigabit LAN… If 84.840 Yen is still too much for you, Epson also have a cheaper Celeron model running with a 743 CPU sold at 64.890 Yen… Now just let me know why, OH why should I own a Netbook ? …

Elecom has now a new cute little mouse to its catalog, the M-D17DR that happen to be completely wireless (2.4GHz), just need a single AAA battery and can store its tiny USB dongle within its body while traveling… So far despite the size and shape (70.1x100x36.2 for 70g) nothing breathtaking, however, what is new here is that Elecom is shipping its new mouse with a dedicated PC and MAC software letting you tune your mouse button at will allowing you in this very case for Mac decide whatever Key or action you want to have while pressing one of your mouse button… Finally our mouse has a battery life of approximately 69h (constant usage) and is compatible with Windows XP (SP1/2), Vista, Windows 7 as well as Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. …

And here you are another product from PhotoFast that just make us wonder why, oh why would I need this ?!?!? The CR-5500 is not your average microSD card reader hidden in USB thumbkey, but it is in fact a 4-slot microSDHD card reader that will turn all your cards into a single USB Drive using JBOD (Just A Bunch Of Disks) setting and letting you build your very one 64GB (Max) USB thumbkey. Now coming back to the question Why would I get a CR-5500… I would reply simply reply as… Because I can ! Available now on GeekStuff4U.com ..

You may not ever have the chance to own one of NEC’s latest SRVC-1000, unless you are willing to spend at least 2.98 Million yen on such goodies and you know how to both use it and plug it to your Home theater system. However, in any case, being capable of upscaling SD to HD video without any loss in quality is a dream come true with this device! Anyway dedicated to the broadcasting industry the SRVC-1000 will upscale an SD video to HD without you even noticing it… Using NEC’s latest Software and Hardware upscaling technology, our SRVC-1000 can take any 640×480 video and transform it into a beautiful 1920×1080 one (see below). …

Not sure if you all ever heard about RED, a US based company, but basically they are providing with the best, 2,3 and 4k video camera in the world. Although extremely expensive, RED’s cameras are a must and something I would love to won one day… And maybe, yes maybe this dream will come true with the “Cheap” Scarlet, an Hybrid DSLR and Video Camera supporting 3k video up to 120fps and 1080p video up to 30fps in its $4750 version (2/3″ sensor brain+lens, CF module, REDMote, 2.8″ touch LCD, battery, and charger.) Guys if you do not know what to offer me this Xmas well now you know ! (The scarlet will be however available early 2010) ..