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7.5 Micron Thick RFID Tag

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-comes-the-RFID-kick-me-sign dept.

YesSir writes "The EETimes is reporting that Hitachi has a breakthrough in RFID technology that they are planning to show at this years ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference). The new RFID chip is their newest mu-chip that, measuring in at 7.5 microns, is ten or more times thinner than a sheet of paper and comes complete with 128-bit identifying goodness."

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  1. OMG! This is thin enough... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to RFID tag tinfoil hats, and you would never even know it except for the black helicopters following you.

  2. Math illiteracy by MyNymWasTaken · · Score: 3, Funny

    ten or more times thinner

    That little bit of ineptitude is nowhere in the article; so the blame passes to the submitter.

    "10 times thinner / (less in any form or fashion)" is exactly like saying "300% less". It is an ridiculous statement made by a math illiterate. It is, by definition, impossible for anything to lose more than 100% of it's value.

    People see the statement "3 times larger" and, because they can barely add 2+2 without an electronic calculator, they think "3 times smaller" is a valid statement.

    [/rant]

  3. That's great news! by catdevnull · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was worried that the older ones would be visible under my forehead.

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