Verichip Corp. RFID Microchip - First Official TV Commercial

[zorgon]

Sniper rifle embeds GPS chip in body
on 03/08/2007

Empire North from Denmark is currently developing the ID Sniper, a sniper rifle which is powerful enough to implant a GPS chip in your body from a range of 1km away. I wonder what the targets would feel when they get hit by this rifle – will they dismiss it as a mere insect bite? After all, the microchip is meant to enter the body and stay there without causing any internal damage. While this might sound appealing, ordinary tax-paying citizens like you and I can breathe a sigh of relief for the moment since there aren't GPS receivers that are so small you won't feel it if somebody shot you with one. In addition, one also has to grapple with issues like battery life and a missing transmitter. Perhaps in 10 years' time?

Sniper rifle embeds GPS chip

Verichip, RFID, Biochips and ID Sniper Rifles- When Is Progress a Danger?

A tiny, silicon chip which can easily be placed into any tablet, capsule or powder and safely ingested, is what U.S. corporation, Proteus Biomedical is very interested in. The chip, which will report to a patch placed on the back of a patient, or under the skin through electrical stimulation, is deemed to be not only able to tell if the patient is taking adequate dosages of medication and how they effect him or her, but where the patient in question physically is through GPS enabled sensors. Sound a bit like a Brave New World? Of course, this will be touted as the best of the best when we try to follow up on granny with Alzheimer's Disease at the nursing home, our loved ones who are critically ill or the new patient whose medication levels need to be monitored. Proteus is busily planning trials of this invisible-to-the eye chip. According to TimesOnline (U.K.)"... a Silicon Valley company called Proteus Biomedical is developing what it calls the Raisin system of microchipped pills to help to tackle the problems of patients forgetting or refusing to take medicines." Technology. The double-edged sword. It all sounds so 'helpful' yet....under what scenario, when a patient refuses to take medication, will he/she be forced to take in the doctor's little helper? How else will Proteus Biomedical use this Raisin system with that particular statement hanging in the air? The company hopes to have the system on the market in 2011.

Verichip, RFID, Biochips and ID Sniper Rifles- When Is Progress a Danger?

[Iamschist]

Gee Thanks zorgon, I wasn't paranoid enough!  Now I have to think about microchip snipers??? ack!    

[Amaterasu]

Yeah...  Thanks for that, z.  Heh.  "Won't accept the chip, eh?  We have a solution for THAT!"  Better stay indoors with the curtains drawn.  May not help much, but if the window breaks, One at least has a clue...