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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. Five Medical Futures by handy_vandal · · Score: 2, Informative

    I fear the moment we use this kind of chips inside our own body. At this moment there are several studies in development to apply the RFID chips in Medicine.

    Scenario #1: RFID nano-medicine saves my life. GOOD THING.

    Scenario #2: RFID nano-medicine tracks my location, rogue Pinkerton agents hunt and kill me. BAD THING.

    Scenario #3: RFID nano-medicine extends my life. GOOD THING (but see also TOO EXPENSIVE).

    Scenario #4: RFID nano-medicine used to collect statistical bio-data from millions of people, including me. NOT SURE.

    Scenario #5: RFID nano-medicine makes me immortal. NOT SURE ....

    -kgj

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    -kgj
  2. Makes no sense by Pedrito · · Score: 2, Informative

    I see stuff like this all the time and it makes no sense to me:

    measuring in at 7.5 microns, is ten or more times thinner

    Okay, I assume this means that paper is roughly 75 microns thick. But to say something is 10 times thinner means that it's 10 x 75 microns thinner. In other words, somehow, 7.5 microns = 75 microns - 750 microns.