May 2002
Programmable Chips
Chips that change function on the fly will mean more versatile handhelds.
By David Voss
Late for an appointment, you grab your "personal information appliance." Prompted by your uttering the words "cell phone," the small gadget awakens and instantly programs itself for a mobile phone call. Done with the call, you say "translator," and the device rewires itself to translate the latest business news from Tokyo. Issue the command "map," and it reconfigures itself again to take a GPS reading and display your location in real time.
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