Mulling over Austin Seraphin to Steve Asher 18 Feb 2006

Hi Austin,

 AS>   Re: Employees Get Chip Implants
 AS>   By: Steve Asher to All on Fri Feb 10 2006 10:49 pm

 AS> Derp! This citywatcher guy will joyfully accept an implant.
 AS> BAaaaaaaaaaa! Line up for your implants, sheep!
 AS> BAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
 AS> and one in a heart-shaped locket, how cute.

 AS> btw, in the nineties, the U.S. Army (if memory serves) did some
 AS> research about how to make an implant powered by changes in body
 AS> temperature. They found the two places where temperature changes
 AS> the most: the back of the hand, and the forehead.

 AS> Sound familiar?

From memory, the Applied Digital "Digital Angel" was capable of being
powered by body heat, but they seem to be pushing the VeriChip. It
would perhaps be more useful for the U.S. military, as it is passive,
and should work just as well on a corpse as on a wounded soldier.

 AS> this rfid seems like a real concern, perhaps even moreso than gps,
 AS> because they can give anything a unique number.
 AS> and hey, if people resist the chip too much, they'll just sneak it
 AS> into vaccinations.

Well, the UK medical system is introducing RFID wrist bands for surgery
patients, to cut down on medical errors. Personally, I doubt that any
precaution will eliminate human error - patients will still get the
wrong leg cut off, or have their appendix removed instead of their
ingrown toenail etc.

Cheers, Steve..

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