Monday, July 17, 2006
Hewlett Packard Co. has developed a miniature wireless data chip the company said could broaden access to digital content in the physical world.
Measuring 2 to 4 millimeters square, the size of a grain of rice, could be stuck on or embedded in almost any object and make available information and content now found mostly on electronic devices or the Internet.
The chip, developed by the Memory Spot research team at HP Labs, is a CMOS memory device with a built-in antenna. According to the company, the chips could be embedded in a sheet of paper or stuck to any surface, and could eventually be available in a booklet as self-adhesive dots.
Potential applications include storing medical records on a hospital patient's wristband; providing audio-visual supplements to postcards and photos; helping fight counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical industry; adding security to identity cards and passports; and supplying additional information for printed documents.
"The Memory Spot chip frees digital content from the electronic world of the PC and the Internet and arranges it all around us in our physical world," said Ed McDonnell, Memory Spot project manager, HP Labs, in a statement.
By: DocMemory
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