Hewlett-Packard researches announced that they have developed a tiny memory chip that could bring data storage capabilities to virtually and product. According to HP, the CMOS-based device is about the size of a rice grain and provides a capacity ranging from 64 kB to 512 kB - which isn't exciting by today's standards and storage hungry multimedia applications, but it's enough to store lots of text, a few decent digital images or a (very) short video clip.
What makes the "Memory Spot" especially interesting is its wireless capability. HP says that it uses an integrated antenna and can transfer data at a 10 Mb/s, which is ten 10 times faster than Bluetooth and about what you can expect from your Wi-Fi network within your house. Also, the chip does not need an external battery. It receives power through inductive coupling from another read-write device, which can then extract content from the memory on the chip. Inductive coupling is a process in which energy can be transferred from on device to another by sharing an electromagnetic field.
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