Microchips For Human Implantation As ID

securitas writes: "Reuters is carrying this story about Applied Digital's VeriChip -- a subcutaneous microchip (like the ones they use to tag pets, livestock and wildlife) used as ID for humans. They are radio-activated and would initially be used to store and transmit medical data via the Internet. They will be also used as tracking beacons and personal ID according to a company exec. The launch will be in Europe and South America. The company has made an FDA application and the FCC has already licensed airwaves for a similar device." We've mentioned this company's "Digital Angel" before, but there's an understandable sudden interest in such tracking technologies.

Comments

Awesome

[Vess V.]

Awesome, now when you accidentally ask girls for their IP instead of their phone number, you won't be that far in the hole this time.

radio tracking chips

[psyclone]

give a whole new meaning to "aluminum foil hat"

or, as in the case of Total Recall, wrapping wet towels around our heads may get pretty popular.

heh

[ZaneMcAuley]

Gives the term "Intel Inside" a new meaning :)

Next we will have to have that logo tatooed onto our buttocks.

Re:A Modest Proposal for making ID Chips palatable

[tunah]

...which would emit a mild electric shock to the wearer whenever the chip was 'read.'

Am I the only one who *really* wants to get their hands on a reader?

A suggestion for ID implantation.

[Xilman]

It's a great idea! They should be implanted in everyone's buttocks.

Then we'd all be smart-arses.

Paul