John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > kelsey hudson wrote: >> I know this has been proposed before, but what if they did something >> like they do with dogs and cats: implant it subcutaneously at the back >> of the neck in a small RFID tag. > > How much data can a writeable RFID store? > I seriously doubt it is enough for a complete medical history (how much > space does a single X-RAY take up?), and not likely enough for emergency > information (type and location of prosthetcs/metal pins, allergies, > current medication). > > It may be enough for allergies, and mega important medical information, > given the right encoding. > > I could not find a reference for how much data an RFID can store. The > only reference I could find was a single 128bit number. > > 16 bytes. > > Not enough for medical history.
Just enough for a GUID, though. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
