If these things are so small what's to stop them from using them in actual food items? It would work in the same manner taggants work in explosives in the US. I donâ(TM)t like the sound of these things but, It might be useful if you had food allergies and went in for allergic medical care. Hell they could probably track you last meal(s) to find out if you had something you werenâ(TM)t supposed to.
And what about passing these things out in your waste (assuming they survive the digestive system)? Seems like they could be picked up, much like how seeds are passed through animals and deposited miles away from the parent plant. Then whoâ(TM)s to say they actually "belong" to you and just not along for the ride somehow.
Or what about recycled products? Would they also contain a chip that would be passed on to the next item, so that it may read: âoeI am a Pepsi bottleâ and âoeI am (now) a milk container?â
Seems like after a while there would be too much noise from unrelated chips.
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If these things are so small what's to stop them from using them in actual food items? It would work in the same manner taggants work in explosives in the US. I donâ(TM)t like the sound of these things but, It might be useful if you had food allergies and went in for allergic medical care. Hell they could probably track you last meal(s) to find out if you had something you werenâ(TM)t supposed to.
And what about passing these things out in your waste (assuming they survive the digestive system)? Seems like they could be picked up, much like how seeds are passed through animals and deposited miles away from the parent plant. Then whoâ(TM)s to say they actually "belong" to you and just not along for the ride somehow.
Or what about recycled products? Would they also contain a chip that would be passed on to the next item, so that it may read: âoeI am a Pepsi bottleâ and âoeI am (now) a milk container?â
Seems like after a while there would be too much noise from unrelated chips.