February 19, 2007
RFID Chips Go Tiny
The spygame just got interesting. In a move that seems straight out the James Bond playbook, Hitachi has released tiny RFID chips in powder form. They're 0.05mm x 0.05mm square - smaller than the thickness of an average human hair. RFID meets nanotechnology - or at least not too far from it.
These tiny chips even have enough room for 128 bit ROM memory - which can store a 38-digit number. Of course, by themselves, there's not much they can do. But couple with other near-nano devices, surveillance could take on a new twist. Or they might be used with the so called hybrid cybugs (robot bugs - insects with implanted technology) that the Pentagon is supposedly developing.
Now, if they combine these powder chips with sensors and sensor networks or bionic hornets, they could have some really powerful applications.
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