This could be a handy forerunner to the mark of the Beast.
Start with animals, then progress to military personnel,
then ... ?

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Somark Innovations Announces Successful Live Animal Tests of
Biocompatible Chipless RFID Ink in Cattle and Laboratory Rats

A Novel RFID Technology That Could Revolutionize the ID Industry...

St. Louis, MO - January 9, 2007 - Somark is proud to announce the
successful testing of Biocompatible Chipless RFID1 Ink in cattle
and laboratory rats. The test proved the efficacy of injecting and
reading a Biocompatible Chipless RFID Ink "tattoo" within the skin
of animals.

The technology will be initially leveraged to the livestock industry 
to help identify/track cattle and thus mitigate export trade loss
from BSE2 (a.k.a. Mad Cow Disease) scares.

Secondary target markets include laboratory animals, dogs & cats,
prime cuts of meat, and military personnel.

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Full article at "Somark Innovations"
http://www.somarkinnovations.com/Files/SomarkBiocompatibleChiplessRFIDInk.pdf

Cheers, Steve..

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