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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (33239)	7/3/2001 4:31:18 PM
From: j g cordes	Respond to of 69822

Hitachi in the money with tiny chip? By CNET News.com Staff July 3, 2001, 7:50 a.m. PT Hitachi has developed a chip that could be woven into paper money to help identify counterfeits and could also have wide ramifications for identification and surveillance technologies. The chip, called Mew, measures just 0.4mm on a side and stores information such as identification and security codes. Most identity chips are currently several millimeters on a side. Mew includes 128 bits of read-only memory (ROM) and RF wireless circuitry that allows it to transmit over a distance of about 12 inches. If the chip were inserted in money, a reader unit would be able to instantly detect authentic bills. While the chip currently requires a reader unit to work, its size carries big implications for the future of identity technology. For example, chips could be implanted into all paper money and be connected wirelessly to the Internet so that authorities would be able to monitor the movement of all cash. Such chips could also be embedded in other consumer products to track them in the event of theft.