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


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