Comments on: Microchip Fingers http://chris-miller.org/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/ Life, and how to live it! Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: r steel http://chris-miller.org/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 r steel Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:09:35 +0000 http://chris-miller.org/blog/index.php/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/#comment-1527 I actually have an rfid chip in the back of my right hand and currently the main problem is storage. My chip holds 256 bits, the largest available can only store 2048. So currently your only good for short text strings. You'll just have to wait I guess. I'd also be concerned about putting the chip somewhere so vunerable to impacts, they are glass and can break. The closest thing I have seen is one bloke with a small magnet implanted in his finger. just my 2 pence worth. I actually have an rfid chip in the back of my right hand and currently the main problem is storage. My chip holds 256 bits, the largest available can only store 2048. So currently your only good for short text strings. You’ll just have to wait I guess. I’d also be concerned about putting the chip somewhere so vunerable to impacts, they are glass and can break. The closest thing I have seen is one bloke with a small magnet implanted in his finger. just my 2 pence worth.

]]> By: Chris http://chris-miller.org/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Chris Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:58:30 +0000 http://chris-miller.org/blog/index.php/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/#comment-80 The whole point in this type of method is that it is not locally ranged. Say the data will be available for a minute after copying, this means you have the area within a minutes walk available for moving the data to. If a variation could be produced to stop the degradation of the data (i.e. some sort of tiny flash memory) you could take the data anywhere with you. Come the use of touch screens (a lot more readily), being able to touch the application or area of the screen which you wish to paste your data would be available. Essentially moving towards the more intuitive way of moving data between separate devices. The possibilities are endless, perhaps we could have one RFID tag in each finger, this would allow 10 distinct things to be copied and held at once (and of course giving rise to more complex interaction). Tom Cruise looked cool waving his hands about! The whole point in this type of method is that it is not locally ranged.

Say the data will be available for a minute after copying, this means you have the area within a minutes walk available for moving the data to.

If a variation could be produced to stop the degradation of the data (i.e. some sort of tiny flash memory) you could take the data anywhere with you.

Come the use of touch screens (a lot more readily), being able to touch the application or area of the screen which you wish to paste your data would be available. Essentially moving towards the more intuitive way of moving data between separate devices.

The possibilities are endless, perhaps we could have one RFID tag in each finger, this would allow 10 distinct things to be copied and held at once (and of course giving rise to more complex interaction).

Tom Cruise looked cool waving his hands about!

]]> By: Iain Simpson http://chris-miller.org/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Iain Simpson Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:30:06 +0000 http://chris-miller.org/blog/index.php/archives/2005/02/08/microchip-fingers/#comment-79 Sounds interesting, would be handy for where you have 2 adjacent computers that you can't connect with ethernet for whatever reason. A less invasive method might be to use bluetooth, with a process in the background constantly syncing the clipboards between all of your devices. Obviously you'd need bluetooth for all of your devices - most mobile devices have it as standard these days anyway - so it'd just be a matter of plugging a USB dongle into the lab machine (and writing the software). Then again, if your desire is to wave your hands around like a fanny, who am I to stop you? :) Sounds interesting, would be handy for where you have 2 adjacent computers that
you can’t connect with ethernet for whatever reason.

A less invasive method might be to use bluetooth, with a process in the
background constantly syncing the clipboards between all of your devices.
Obviously you’d need bluetooth for all of your devices – most mobile devices
have it as standard these days anyway – so it’d just be a matter of plugging a
USB dongle into the lab machine (and writing the software).

Then again, if your desire is to wave your hands around like a fanny, who am I
to stop you? :)

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