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Scary Small: New Tracking Chip Size of a Dust Grain

livescience.com — The world's smallest and thinnest RFID tags were introduced Tuesday by Hitachi. Tiny miracles of miniaturization, these RFID chips (Radio Frequency IDentification chips) measure just 0.05 x 0.05 millimeters. "RFID" refers to small electronic devices that use a tiny antenna to transfer small amounts of data for identification purposes.

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  • grendelboogie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hope they don't sneeze in the factory.
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