Sometime in the next two to five years, HP plans to sticker the market with the next incarnation of RFID: the Memory Spot. The size of your average nail paring but infinitely more useful, the Memory Spot holds megabytes of data, and can be wirelessly interacted with. The excellent example they give is a Medicalert style bracelet which contains a complete history of your medical background plus allergy warnings, or a prescription bottle confirming that the drug is indeed meant for you and what you should do with it. Unlike RFIDs, the scan range on Memory Spots is less than a centimeter (half an inch for you old-schoolers) so it's not like someone can wander around with a scanner picking up prescription refills. For now. [GT]
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