This might sound like an Orwellian nightmare to some but in Sweden it is a welcome reality for a growing number who favours convenience over concerns of potential personal data violations. The small microchip implants were first used in 2015 in Sweden -- initially confidentially -- and several other...
Suit claims Walt Disney is violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Mom says child illegally tracked using Disney Princess Palace Pets app....
Wisconsin company Three Square Market is about to become the first in the U.S. to offer microchip implants to its employees. Yes, you read that right....
Oesterlund is one of a growing number of people around the world who has a grain-sized NFC (Near Field Communications) chip embedded in him. Human Microchip implant manufacturer Dangerous Things said that there are now around 10,000 "cyborgs" -- or humans with digital chips in them -- across the...
Verichip Corp. launched it's very first product early on in 2002, and it has given birth to a massive technology boom that covers all across every sector of science and technology to the tune of billions of dollars per year. ...
Disney files patent applications to use drones at parks. Tens of thousands of people all with RFID tracking devices in a controlled space makes for quite the petri dish, wouldn't you say?...
Obamacare made plenty of provision for "implantable devices", and not just for pacemakers. But until now, what would be "coming next" was an unknown entity. Now we know. Under the guise of treating the all-covering diagnosis of PTSD, the Obama administration has instructed the Pentagon to being the process...
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has filed for a patent, published last week, for a system "that comprises an electronic skin tattoo capable of being applied to a throat region of a body."...
The government on Tuesday authorized establishment of a committee that will examine ways to eliminate cash from the Israeli economy – the better to prevent citizens from cheating on their taxes. The committee will be chaired by Harel Locker, director of the Prime Minister's Office....
The device, called a Magic Band, includes a radio-frequency-identification chip. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently got permission from the Federal Communications Commission to try out high-tech wristbands, according to Disney's application. ...
Hernandez says subjecting herself to constant monitoring by way of wearing a RFID chip is comparable to clothing herself in the “mark of the beast.” ...
A man I will call “Andrew,” has paid Grafstra $30 to have a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip injected into the space between his thumb and pointer finger, and as Graafstra describes Lamaze-type breathing methods, Andrew looks remarkably untroubled, in spite of the intimidatingly high-gauge syringe sitting on the...
“I would insist on every individual having a unique ID permanently attached, an implanted chip to provide an easy, fast inexpensive way to identify individuals,” she said on The Forum, a weekly show that features "a global thinking" discussing a "radical, inspiring or controversial idea" for 60 seconds ....
The USDA is now considering biometric identification for all individuals who will want to benefit from their Food and Nutrition Services. Biometric identification technology provides automated methods to identify a person based on physical characteristics—such as fingerprints, hand shape, and characteristics of the eyes and face—as well as behavioral...
The U.S. military wants to plant nanosensors in soldiers to monitor health on future battlefields and immediately respond to needs, but a privacy expert warns the step is just one more down the road to computer chips for all....
Broadcom has just rolled out a chip for smart phones that promises to indicate location ultra-precisely, possibly within a few centimeters, vertically and horizontally, indoors and out. The unprecedented accuracy of the Broadcom 4752 chip results from the sheer breadth of sensors from which it can process information. It...
Radio frequency chips in "intelligent uniforms" let a computer know when children enter school and it sends a text message to their cell phones. Parents are also alerted if kids don't show up 20 minutes after classes begin with the following message: "Your child has still not arrived at...
The RFID technology - which stands for radio frequency identification and requires an installed chip that can be read by an electronic reader - has been used by various industries for several years to organise product storage and tally shipments. Now hotels are using the tech to monitor the...
This might sound like an Orwellian nightmare to some but in Sweden it is a welcome reality for a growing number who favours convenience over concerns of potential personal data violations. The small microchip implants were first used in 2015 in Sweden -- initially confidentially -- and several other...
The USDA is now considering biometric identification for all individuals who will want to benefit from their Food and Nutrition Services. Biometric identification technology provides automated methods to identify a person based on physical characteristics—such as fingerprints, hand shape, and characteristics of the eyes and face—as well as behavioral...
The U.S. military wants to plant nanosensors in soldiers to monitor health on future battlefields and immediately respond to needs, but a privacy expert warns the step is just one more down the road to computer chips for all....
