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Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

By Bill Detwiler

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Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

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Memory Spot, a technology devised by the research division of Hewlett-Packard,rnis a self-contained storage device with a radio and processor that sticksrnto photos, documents or cards. The device is about the same size as arnshirt button, but thinner. Here is a memory spot in a card.

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Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

A Memory Spot on a card, and the photo that is preserved on the actual device.

Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

A Memory Spot on a hospital wristband. The spot could contain a patient’s medical record. Because data can be rewritten, a doctor orrnnurse could update the records on a visit.

Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

Howard Taub at HP Labs shows off the data contained in the Memory Spot on a wristband.

Photos: HP’s stick-on memory spot

A Twiggy-like fashion shot featuring a memory spot surrounded by pencils.

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By Bill Detwiler
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.