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FDA Approves Implantable RFID for Patients

Posted by samzenpus on from the track-your-friends dept.

anzha writes "It seems that the FDA has approved an RFID tag for use in patients. The idea being that the rice grain sized chip would be implanted and scanned for patient history and updates. It seems that a similar chip was used by the Mexican government for employees that work with sensitive documents. IDK about you, but this seems a to me little...creepy."

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  1. Cashless society.. coming right up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Rev 13:16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[6] the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

    Repent, the end is near.

  2. Implant? by Databass · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Can't I just keep it in my wallet or embedded in my shoes or on my car keys or something?

  3. Two thousand year old prior art by vegetablespork · · Score: 5, Interesting
    And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead; And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
    - Revelation 13:16-17
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