Ever see the TV commercial where a questionable looking man dressed in a trench coat enters a grocery store, begins loading up his pockets with goods, walks out of the store only to be followed by security who simply says, “Sir you forgot your receipt?”
If The PolyIC company has its way that reality is not far off. PolyIC, based in Germany, recently introduced a 600 kilohertz integrated circuit printed on plastic which should eventually allow vendors the ability to cheaply track virtually anything while replacing bar codes. Phased in circuits over time shall have the capacity to store 128 bits of memory with several thousand transistors all printed on a flexible substrate. The chip will cost….about a penny so Wal*Mart should be pleased.
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