Check, Not Checkmate >>
<< Does The Internet Change How People Learn?
 tdicon 

Bleeding Edge

by Mike Masnick

Fri, May 10th 2002 12:35pm





Cyborg Family Gets Chipped

from the fun-for-the-whole-family dept

A few months back we wrote about the family in Florida that wanted to implant themselves with the new VeriChip tracking device for a variety of reasons (from "it's cool" to "it's safer"). Well, now it seems as though, they've gone through with it. Of course, this is all just a big publicity stunt at this point. It's not likely that these chips will ever be used for anything useful (or that anyone will have the necessary readers on the very very small chance that they were needed).

3 Comments | Leave a Comment

If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...

Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

  1.  
    identicon
    todd, May 11th, 2002 @ 6:39am

    No Subject Given

    You know, the dog chips have been around for a while. We recently got our dog chipped for $55, and have heard many lost/found stories in Chicago involving dog microchips (same technology: hermedically sealed transponder; different info).

    The companies give the readers away (I believe) to hospitals that will administer the procedure to new animals (subscribers -- there is a small annual fee). There are two companies that make the chips and readers, but their readers are cross-compatible. About 3000 readers nationwide.

    If you were ever rendered unconscious by a car crash (or, as happened to a team mate of mine recently, bike crash), it would be nice to know the little chip could give up your pertinent details. Plant mine in my chest, so if you try to scan me without my permission, I can tell you exactly what I think of that...

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  2.  
    identicon
    J, May 12th, 2002 @ 4:41pm

    Police State

    Comingsoon to a world theater near you...

    If you have a perminent digital ID, anyone who can pick it up can track you with whatever database they choose, wheather the owner ofthe ID knows or not.

    So... with recent hapennings centered around copyrights and digital content performance etc... Twenty years from now, what do you think "pertinent details" will define?


    /me shudders at the thought

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  3.  
    identicon
    tushar, Sep 26th, 2007 @ 5:42am

    want info

    it was very nice but limited so please more info on my mail id

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]


Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>
Check, Not Checkmate >>
<< Does The Internet Change How People Learn?
 tdicon 
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
A word from our Sponsors...
Sponsored Resource
Essential Reading
Techdirt Reading List
Techdirt Insider Chat

A word from our Sponsors...
Recent Stories

Wednesday

3:46am: How Low Can Drones Go? (10)

Tuesday

11:19pm: Prenda Gets Some Tiny Bit Of Good News, As It May Get Out Of Two Critical Cases (8)
8:16pm: Ridiculous Timing: Obama Administration Responds To Spying On AP By Pushing Journalist Shield Law That Wouldn't Matter (21)
5:00pm: DailyDirt: Weapons In The Sky (7)
4:02pm: Bad Day For Prenda Continues: Judge Rejects Stay, Adds $1k Per Day For Each Day They Don't Pay Up (45)
3:01pm: Angry Judge Tells Prenda To Stop Falsifying Alan Cooper's Signature; Calls It Fraud (41)
2:15pm: More Details Emerge On Key Legal Fight Over DMCA Abuse (20)
1:04pm: NYC Says Renting Out Your Place Via Airbnb Is Running An Illegal Hotel (32)
12:01pm: If You Think You Should Actually Own Products You Bought, Now Would Be A Good Time To Call Congress (141)
11:04am: Makers Of Nutella Force Fan Who Created World Nutella Day To Shut It Down [Updated] (50)
More arrow
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This