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Thu, Mar 31st 8:36am 2005: Tech Toys
Now *this* is totally wicked. But in a cool way. It seems someone has finally done what has seemed obvious for so long: obtained an RFID tag intended for animal identification and had it surgically implanted into themselves so they don't need to carry keys anymore.
The only thing I find surprising about this is that it's taken so long for someone to do it. The technology has been around for years. Even 9-ish years ago when I was involved with the Mindjack and Ultimate Future sites with Donald Melanson we were talking about this sort of thing, but none of us had the money or the contacts with tame doctors. If it really came down to it, an implant could be done yourself - I've stitched up injuries myself several times without anesthetic and once you get over the psychological barrier that you're about to stick something sharp in yourself it's not too bad.
I built an RFID reader recently and it's pretty fun to play with. When I was building it I even considered what would be involved in implantation of a chip, but the chips I've got are a bit too big. Only one designed for implantation would really do.
I'm all inspired now. Where's that scalpel?
Now *this* is totally wicked. But in a cool way. It seems someone has finally done what has seemed obvious for so long: obtained an RFID tag intended for animal identification and had it surgically implanted into themselves so they don't need to carry keys anymore.
The only thing I find surprising about this is that it's taken so long for someone to do it. The technology has been around for years. Even 9-ish years ago when I was involved with the Mindjack and Ultimate Future sites with Donald Melanson we were talking about this sort of thing, but none of us had the money or the contacts with tame doctors. If it really came down to it, an implant could be done yourself - I've stitched up injuries myself several times without anesthetic and once you get over the psychological barrier that you're about to stick something sharp in yourself it's not too bad.
I built an RFID reader recently and it's pretty fun to play with. When I was building it I even considered what would be involved in implantation of a chip, but the chips I've got are a bit too big. Only one designed for implantation would really do.
I'm all inspired now. Where's that scalpel?
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