HP creates grain-sized chip with wireless transfer
Hewlett Packard have created a new chip that's the same size as a grain of rice, yet which is capable of wirelessly transferring data at 10Mbps. Even more amazing, the new Memory Spot chip, as HP have called it, can store up to 4 megabits of data, enabling it to store short video-clips. When a suitbaly-equipped device, such as a mobile phone (naturally!), is placed next to it, it powers up its antenna and transfers the data.
According to Mobile-tech-today, Hewlett Packard envision using the new Memory Spot chips in postcards and photos, adding audio and visual clips to the current paper-based forms we currently know and love. Alternatively, a Memory Spot chip attached to a document could feed a perfect digital version into a photocopier for super-sharp copies.
You could also imagine multimedia data being stored in a Memory Spot chip, which is then embedded in a product. Swiping your mobile phone over the product will then transfer more information about the product onto your phone, providing you with much more information about the product you're about to buy.
Want examples? Picture the following: Swipe your mobile phone over a DVD, and transfer a video clip of the DVD onto your phone. Or swipe it over a CD, and hear an audio clip of the tune you're interested in.
Or maybe swipe your phone over a laptop, and read reviews about it.
HP are obviously fired up about this amazing new chip. "What we have created is wireless, battery-free chip storage that can transmit multimedia content," said Howard Taub, HP Relevant Products/Services from Hewlett-Packard vice president and associate director of HP Labs. "Essentially, we have bridged the digital and physical worlds."
Expect to see the Memory Spot in two years' time or so.
[Source: Mobile-tech-today]
