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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (8592)	1/6/2000 12:27:00 AM
From: NHP	Read Replies (2) of 60323

Smart Cards for storing medical data Art and thread >> That projection of a ten-fold increase is probably too low, especially if the PIC (personal information card) being developed by SNDK and Kaneb succeeds. << Even though I'm betting on the SanDisk PIC for the storage of medical information, there probably will be big competition from the Smart Card, which has the same dimensions as the regular credit card. These cards are used extensively in Europe and appear to be on the threshold of becoming popular in the United States. The cards currently come in three flavors, one of which will store nominally 5 MBytes of data. "Optical memory cards can store up to 4 MB of data. But once written, the data cannot be changed or removed. Thus, this type of card is ideal for record keeping - for example medical files, driving records, or travel histories." "By the year 2000, Data Monitor predicts that over 3 billion cards will be in circulation worldwide - with over 15% of the total in use in the United States andCanada." I wonder if SanDisk will be involved with Smart Cards! java.sun.com NHP

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