Is this a typo in the article? The size of a grain of sand?
If not, would each of those have their own UID and nothing else pretty much? Is anything like this available? I feel it would work great with task to have several tiny little implants with their own UID. (Right?)
Watching the small video they had on the article, I feel like āgrain of sandā is more than likely just an over exaggeration for a sorta shocking effect for the reader.
One day though, Iām sure thatāll no longer be an exaggeration!
On a work computer, video wonāt load. Thanks for that. They got my hopes up!
If it helpās sedate your curiosity, it just looks like a standard RFID Implant.
Hereās a snapshot from the video; if it loads for you.
Yeah itās an X form factor chip. Possibly not a DT chip as it was not in an injector. Itās a NFC chip of some sort with 1k of storage and heās using to store a gif or a url to a gif as ndef data.
That did! I only wish there was a banana for scale.
It does appear smaller, just not sure by how much.
Tbh the guy probably got muddled up between āgrain of sandā and the more accurate/common āgrain of riceā
Was my guess, the site just wouldnāt load here at work.
It would be a common mistake. Especially if the person themselves writing it didnāt have full experience with the tech. The article was more than likely written by someone who was just briefed on vaguely what to write about.
Actually he said āgrain of sandā in the video. I think they essentially quoted him and if youāre not used to interviews itās easy to get words mixed up.
Anyway, Iād say itās not best to really get mixed up in the whole semantics of it. But looking back on the article, holy hell that was seven years ago!
If I read that article seven years ago, I honestly wouldnāt believe it. Feels strange to see how far weāve came. And, how this sorta stuff is becoming more mainstream by the year.
Lol sorry, us programmers are particularly guilty of being caught up in semantics.
Coarse sand maybe? 
Itās actually an xNT. Anthony went to a pro who was more comfortable using their own install methods.
Actually, this is where proper terminology clashes with āmarketing speakā which is almost always incorrect. If we are speaking accurately, the āchipā is just the silicon IC inside the ātagā, which is the entire form factor. The ātagā is like a huge ass grain of rice, but the āchipā inside is actually about the size of a grain of sand. Unfortunately āmarketing speakā is also ālayman termsā and āa chipā is thought to be the entire form factor, when itās actually notā¦ so in reality, he was being correct and accurate with his description. In fact, I made that exact distinction in conversation with him and I think he tried to convey it, but of course it was hacked and edited and all meaningful context was removed until it sounds like he doesnāt know what heās talking about.
I did a TV interview when I was younger and that happened to me. In a way it was a great experience for me because I got a ver hands on lesson about how easy it is to manipulate the naritive of interviews in post.
