Photos that walk the talk

Damian Koh | Jul 17, 2006

A research division from HP has come up with a new device called Memory Spot which is a button-sized computer with a radio and processor that sticks to photos, documents or cards.

According to Howard Taub, vice president of HP Labs, in a report by CNET's Michael Kanellos, the idea behind this technology is to enhance real-world items like menus, advertising cards, travel brochures or photos. What it does is when a reader is waved over the Memory Spot--which can be stuck on, say, a vacation photo--the Spot will then serve a video or audio feed to a nearby computer or to your mobile phone.

Since this microcomputer is running on flash memory, the user can erase and rewrite information on the device several times.

As usual, there's always this thing called waiting, especially when we are talking about new technologies. We're used to that already. The Memory Spot won't be available commercially in the next couple of years, and if it does, it should cost about a whopping US$0.10 to US$0.50 each.

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