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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. Obligatories by Dekortage · · Score: -1, Redundant

    1. But does it run Linux? (hint: no)

    2. No screen. Less space than a nomad. Lame. (hint: it's not an iPod)

    3. Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? (hint: they'll call it a tomato)

    4. When I was your age we didn't have RFID chips. If you needed to mark something so you could find it later, you just wrote your initials on the tag in permanent marker. (hint: check your underwear)

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