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  1. Re:Size is the block? by inKubus · · Score: 1 · on Surgical Tools to Include RFID

    There's also the "Digital Angel", which actually has FDA approval for implanting into humans.

  2. Re:Patents and security? by inKubus · · Score: 1 · on FDA Approves Implantable RFID for Patients

    See this or this more more information.

    Also, buy the stock (ADSX) ;) Went up over 75% today, over 20% in afterhours, and they are saying this is just the beginning........

    Also, buy MEDICAL SOFTWARE COMPANIES that embrace the technology............

    See this about some clubs in Europe who are already using it to control VIP access and patrons payments for drinks.....

    Then of course there's the whole "Walmart Effect" on RFID.

    1. Anticipate the Apocalypse
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    PS. Once you make all that money, buy GOLD.

  3. Re:Why Wait? by Ignis+Flatus · · Score: 1 · on Police and Lawyers Love E-ZPass

    We have the technology.

    Now *umph* hold still, dammit.

  4. Forget Biometrics by Ignis+Flatus · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Biometrics: Prepare to be Scanned

    All who are familiar with the ATM scams know why it is inherently insecure. The more likely scenario is that eventually you will all be tagged like cattle. GPS tracking will ensure security by monitoring to make sure you are never in two places at the same time, or making quantum leaps through space-time.

  5. Re:cool by hfastedge · · Score: 1 · on RFID: The New Big Brother ?

    actually, to draw an analogy, RFID is more like bluetooth, and the human implantable things are like wifi/cdma.

    They actually have other devices designed specifically for humans like http://www.digitalangel.net/

  6. Digital Angel by as400as2 · · Score: -1 · on RFID: The New Big Brother ?

    Unlimited e-mail(1) alert notifications from the Digital Angel Operations Center. E-mail alerts can be received by a cell phone with an e-mail address, text pager, personal computer and Personal Digital Assistant.

    Unlimited number of free phone alert notifications from the Digital Angel Operations Center to inform you of Emergency and Fall-Down Alert incidents.

    Unlimited calls to the Digital Angel Automated Response Hotline: a 24/7 method for checking the status of someone.

    Unlimited access to the Digital Angel website: to check on the condition and location of someone at any time of day or night.

    Unlimited e-mails to the Digital Angel Product Support Line for answers to product questions, repair issues, etc.

    Registration help call: a Digital Angel customer service representative will guide you through the regisration process.

    This is some scary stuff. Read more about the Digital Angel here.

    A sign of the coming end times.

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  7. It;'s the Digital Angel people again by Animats · · Score: 2 · on FDA Approves Implantable Microchips
    This seems to be the Digital Angel people again. They've been hyping various GPS-based locator gadgets, for both humans and vehicles, for a year or two now. But they haven't shipped them. And their vaporware products are being overtaken by those of others. Digital Angel's people locator requires a wristwatch device plus a pager-sized box to be carried around. Slashdot carried a story last week about a unit that does the whole job in the wristwatch.

    Digital Angel talks about vehicle location systems, while others have been shipping them for years. Big deal.

    Implanted ID chips for pets have also been around for years. There are at least three vendors, (Digital Angel is one) and they're not compatible. So they're of limited use. They're just short-range RF tags, anyway.

    If anybody had a good method for powering an implanted device, it would be used for pacemakers.

  8. "Evil" Chip by laeraun2 · · Score: 1, Informative · on FDA Approves Implantable Microchips

    I love the way that religious groups believe that such advances are the "devils" work.

    Perhaps these people need to take a close look at all the good that can come of these devices, like the guy who wanted one so that if he had medical problems, the paramedics could quickly find out his details. Applications like that are fantastic, and can save peoples lives.

    Here is another link to another company that also makes a similar kind of chip.

  9. Ha Ha only serious by Goonie · · Score: 2 · on Woz's New Startup

    Check out this company's products. They've already built it.

  10. www.digitalangel.net by inKubus · · Score: 1 · on Authentication Via Geographical Location?

    Check out this site. They make an implant with GPS and Electronic Tag--to be implanted in humans. BBIW

  11. digital angel by inKubus · · Score: 1 · on Authentication Via Geographical Location?

    There is such a thing. The Digital Angel is made by some company here and is emplanted under the skin. It can sense GPS, etc. Just check it out. It's a tiny rice grain sized tracking device for implant into humans. big brother (big business?) is watching!

  12. Re:Clarification and Information by Fastolfe · · Score: 2 · on Human ID Chip Implant Prototype Unveiling
    Rad the effing article yourself, you pompous poot.

    For the record, you're the one that started the personal attacks, not me.

    What percentage of the voting public (now down to what? 30%?) has any say in what politicians do anyway, these days?

    How many letters have you written to your congressmen? This attitude quite frankly sucks. The people you elected to those positions are there to be your voice in the government. If you're really buying into that whole "politicians are working for big companies against their constituents", perhaps you need to vote somebody better into office or write a letter or two.

    Personally, I don't buy it. Every letter I've written to my congressmen has been replied to personally, with his own thoughts and information. Work WITH them, not AGAINST them.

    Sheesh.. from the actual web page:

    Stop nit-picking. If you disagree with something I've said, by all means present an argument. The size difference between a grain of rice and a dime makes no difference as far as my argument is concerned. From their press release:

    Those attending the event in New York City will see a working, multimedia demonstration of Digital Angel's technological building blocks. A miniature sensor device -- smaller than a grain of rice and equipped with a tiny antenna -- will capture and wirelessly transmit a person's vital body-function data, such as body temperature or pulse, to an Internet-integrated ground station.
    I'm sure different feature packages will result in a device that's a different size.

    A side effect? If you consider being able to be tracked, real-time, via a radio-based network a "side effect" you're 'way more trusting than I am, or than the majority of posters here..

    I can't tell if you really don't understand what I was saying or are deliberately trying to misunderstand.

    All I was saying is that their research has been focused on providing biometric data to nearby base stations. The fact that they now have a small device capable of transmitting data now means that they can use it as a location device. They did not approach this research with a lets-track-the-public mind-set. That's what I meant by "side-effect". It was not the focus of their research, but it's certainly a marketable feature.

    Well, I seriously believe you'd buy into anything anyone wanted to put over on you...

    Again, if you want to refute my statement, by all means let's hear your argument. Remember that cell phones put out a rather large amount of RF energy and get very hot and use up a lot of electricity doing so. Scale that down to something the size of a dime or a grain of rice, and the number of required cell-phone-type towers goes up by at least 1 or 2 orders of magnitude. The costs involved would be prohibitive.
  13. Or so they say... by Luminous · · Score: 1 · on Human ID Chip Implant Prototype Unveiling
    (conspiracy) It can be turned off, so they say. How can we be certain of that? What other information could it be gathering on us? Is this not the ultimate 'Big Brother' device? A quote from their website, "Digital Angel(TM) will remain dormant most of the time. It will only be activated by the wearer or by commands from the ground station. Who controls the ground station?

    In actuality, I see a lot of uses for this product, but I rarely trust major corporations to be looking out for my interests when my interests are not in the best interest of that corporation's bottom line. This reminds me of an article a friend of mine wrote on the Technocracy.

    The most amazing thing about this kind of technology is it is actually being pursued. While the benefits are reasonably obvious, the potential for misuse is extreme and a strong majority of dystopic novels begin with this kind of advance. I want to affirm that I am not saying this shouldn't be pursued. I like the idea of never being 'lost'.

    I just can't wait for the first 'signal masks' to come out, which relay your signal to a different location. That way when someone goes out to rob a bank, they have an airtight alibi (my Angel location log clearly shows I was at home that night.)