Hitachi Social Innovation Forum in Tokyo

Hitachi Social Innovation Forum in Tokyo

A new idea for checking identity. Apparently our finger veins are unique to each and everyone of us. Here Hitachi demonstrates personal identification technology using a smartphone at the company’s high tech exhibition “Hitachi Social Innovation Forum” in Tokyo on Thursday, October 27, 2016. The company plans to commercialize the technology next year. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)

Hitachi Social Innovation Forum in Tokyo

Japanese electronics giant Hitachi president Toshiaki Higashihara introduces the company’s humanoid robot Emiew3 as he delivers the keynote speech for the opening of the company’s high tech exhibition “Hitachi Social Innovation Forum.”  (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)

Hitachi Social Innovation Forum in Tokyo

Hitachi are exhibiting their latest technology at a two-day convention. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)