Tiny radio chip can stores video clips

A "Memory Spot" no bigger than a grain of rice offers greater memory and faster transfer speeds than RFID tags – and could be read by a cellphone, reports New Scientist.

"The chip, called a Memory Spot, is small enough to be attached to a postcard or a photograph and could be used to append video, audio or hundreds of pages of text to all sorts of everyday objects. In hospitals, for example, the chips could allow doctors to add detailed medical records to a patient’s plastic wristband.

A Memory Spot can be read by a specialised device or an appropriately modified cellphone or PDA. It does not require a battery as it draws power from the reading device's radio field."

emily | 10:10 AM | Video Phones |
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