16
July
2006
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17:28 PM
America/Los_Angeles

Hewlett-Packard to intro new type of RFID chip


Digital_Hand.jpgOverlaying the digital world on top of the physical is something that is possible these days, in several ways. Today Howard Taub, the associate director for HP Labs will demonstrate a way to do this by sticking a wireless data chip onto a physical thing.


HP Labs will demonstrate a revolutionary new wireless data chip that could be stuck on the surface of any object, bridging the physical and the digital worlds and enabling a host of new applications.

The data chip could store medical records on a hospital patient’s wristband, provide audio-visual supplements to postcards and photos, help fight counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical industry, add security to identity cards and passports and supply additional information for printed documents


It'll be interesting to see if and how HP has reinvented the RFID chip.


About 6 years ago HP Labs talked about a "beacon" concept where future cell phones or pocket computers could be pointed at a billboard, or a storefront, and information from Internet sites would download. This could be accomplished by RFID chips but also by something more sophisticated, we'll have to wait and see.


Also, take a look at Dave Berman's blog HPLablog from the heart of HP Labs.