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Swedish Athletes Back GPS Implants to Combat Drug Use

Posted by samzenpus on from the i-can't-be-trusted-with-my-freedoms-please-take-them dept.

paulraps writes "Swedish athletes Carolina Klüft and Stefan Holm have proposed a radical technological measure to stop top level competitors from taking performance-enhancing drugs. Klüft and Holm, reigning Olympic champions in the heptathlon and high-jump events, argue that competitors at the highest level should either have computer chips implanted into their skin or GPS transmitters attached to their training bags so that the authorities can keep tabs on them at all times."

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  1. Er, we can't actually do this yet. by Animats · · Score: 4, Informative

    We can't actually build a small implantable GPS yet. Passive RFID tags, yes; GPS receiver with uplink, no.

    Well, in theory you could build a pacemaker-sized device powered by a nuclear battery, but that would take major surgery to install, and approval from the FDA and DOE.