december
30-06-2007, 01:56 AM
Implantable Human Tracking Chip Launched:
Injected Under Your Skin
http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Human-Tracking-Chip21jul03a.jpg
AP 21jul03
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Borrowing from technology for tracking pets, a U.S. company on Thursday launched Mexican sales of microchips that can be implanted under a person's skin and used to confirm health history and identity.
Carlos Altamirano is implanted with the VeriChip,
a microchip that is used to confirm everything
from health history to identity.
The microchip, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted in the arm or hip. Hospital officials and security guards use a scanning device to download a serial number, which they then use to access blood type, name and other information on a computer.
One chip costs $150 and has a $50 annual fee. The scanning device and related software cost $1,200. Users can update and manage their chips' information by calling a 24-hour customer service line.
Implanted into the arm
In a two-hour presentation, Palm Beach, Florida-based Applied Digital Solutions introduced reporters to the VeriChip and used a syringe-like device and local anesthetic to implant a sample in the arm of employee Carlos Altamirano.
"It doesn't hurt at all," he said. "The whole process is just painless."
Another chip user, Luis Valdez, who is diabetic, said the chip is "as innovative to me as the cell phone."
http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Human-Tracking-Chip21jul03.htm
http://www.anti-christ.com/images/microchip.jpg
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050501/images/curr_microchips.jpg
Injected Under Your Skin
http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Human-Tracking-Chip21jul03a.jpg
AP 21jul03
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Borrowing from technology for tracking pets, a U.S. company on Thursday launched Mexican sales of microchips that can be implanted under a person's skin and used to confirm health history and identity.
Carlos Altamirano is implanted with the VeriChip,
a microchip that is used to confirm everything
from health history to identity.
The microchip, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted in the arm or hip. Hospital officials and security guards use a scanning device to download a serial number, which they then use to access blood type, name and other information on a computer.
One chip costs $150 and has a $50 annual fee. The scanning device and related software cost $1,200. Users can update and manage their chips' information by calling a 24-hour customer service line.
Implanted into the arm
In a two-hour presentation, Palm Beach, Florida-based Applied Digital Solutions introduced reporters to the VeriChip and used a syringe-like device and local anesthetic to implant a sample in the arm of employee Carlos Altamirano.
"It doesn't hurt at all," he said. "The whole process is just painless."
Another chip user, Luis Valdez, who is diabetic, said the chip is "as innovative to me as the cell phone."
http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Human-Tracking-Chip21jul03.htm
http://www.anti-christ.com/images/microchip.jpg
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050501/images/curr_microchips.jpg