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HP Provides Alternate Technology to RFID

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rfid-farmers-planting-seeds dept.

NerdForceMaster writes "HP has unveiled a new alternative to standard RFID technology, a chip the size of a tomato seed that has 500KB of memory and can communicate at 10mbps. Lets hope this one is commercially availible soon." We beg forgiveness; dupe etc etc.

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  1. Finally! by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny
    a chip the size of a tomato seed that has 500KB of memory and can communicate at 10mbps
    Finally, a brain for my girlfriend!
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    1. Re:Finally! by Craptastic+Weasel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yup, now all you need to find is a body and you're set!!


      I kid... who needs the brain?

  2. Re:Hmm, where have I heard that before.... by njvic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Poor subscribers - they PAY to see dupes before the rest of us.

  3. Re:Tomato seed? by pieterh · · Score: 4, Funny

    A tomato seed is, as astute readers of the last embodiment of this story will remember, almost exactly the same size as a grain of rice.

    Presumably HP is now using the "use food as units of measurement and the hungry masses will lap up your products" theory of mass marketing.

    Coming soon:

      - a laptop the size of a pizza calzone!
      - a new PDA the size of a 8-oz packet of California sun-dried raisins!
      - ink cartridges the size of a small tin of caviar (and more expensive!)
      - a secure USB drive the size of a sun-dried tomato! ...

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