Big Brother is now being implanted...

[nidaros]

Company to Sell Implantable Chip

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A company plans to begin selling a computer ID chip that can be embedded beneath people's skin, now that the Food and Drug Administration has said it will not regulate the implant as long as it contains no medical data.

Applied Digital Solutions Inc. designed the VeriChip ? about the size of a grain of rice ? to hold information that could be read with special electronic scanners. The company has touted the chip as a potential way to hold a person's medical records or security codes.

Applied Digital had held off sales pending discussions with the FDA of whether an implanted chip would be considered a medical device. If the chip solely provides identification, it needs no FDA clearance, the agency confirmed Thursday ? advice officials have long given others developing ID for tracking children, prisoners or workers with top-security clearances.

But, ``if they put medical records in, we would be concerned about the use,'' said the FDA's medical device chief, Dr. David Feigal, who made clear that the agency could step in at that point.

If someone is unconscious in an emergency room and implanted medical records are outdated, that could be more dangerous than if doctors had no information, he said. Feigal urged companies considering such health-related implants to consult with the FDA.

For now, the VeriChip will bear only an identification number, said David Hughes of Technology Sourcing International, a consulting firm helping Applied Digital in its discussions with the FDA. But that ID code could be cross-referenced with a database to detail any kind of information.

The company said production would begin immediately.

VeriChip emits a radio signal and has been derided by some for its ``Big Brother'' implications. Applied Digital has said it could prove invaluable in emergency situations when someone is either unconscious or cannot otherwise give information.

VeriChip is expected to sell for about $200. A scanner used to read information contained in the chip would cost between $1,000 and $3,000. A doctor would insert the chip with a large needle-like device.

Shares of Applied Digital rose 4 cents, or 8 percent, to 52 cents in late trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

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http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?PACKAG...MPLANTABLE-CHIP

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[Glowstick]

Imagine when they would make it a law, you would get a penalty by destroying that chip. Maybe if a real Big Brother world would emerge in near future, I could easily see a resistance group... Maybe I also only watched too much sci-fi movies and played DeusEx once too much. :D

[Daniel F. Administrators]

moved to bpn

[Osiris]

This is sweet, about time we started making technology work for us.

[Dysphoria]

Originally posted by Osiris

This is sweet, about time we started making technology work for us.

I wouldnt really describe this news as sweet...

Maybe I am just too paranoid, but I would never have an electronic implant under my skin. First theyll use it for clear identification, and what is going to stop them from programing those chips for different uses?

Hmmm, somehow I dont think that people will aprove this.

Maybe they can use these chips on prisoners for better control, tracking and identification, but on regular people ... I dont think so.

[TimeRider]

REV 13:16 - 17

He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Kind of scary isn't it . . .

[unimatrixzer0]

Maybe these chips will contain nano probes that will be deployed into your blood stream assimilating you from the inside out turing you into a Borg.

Resistance is futile

muahahahahahaha :evil:

[Something]

Forget names, in the future we will just have part numbers.