RFID chips implanted into a human's body can be used for information storage like personal identification, patient's health records.

1. MIRAMON Elodie Le 30/11/2009 Internet Watch 2A GIDO RFID Microchips

2. Presentation of subject RFID = Radio Frequency IDentification What's the RFID microchips : ● A microchips implants is a device inserted into a living body for tracking and identification purpose. ● The radio frequency identification chips are inserted under the skin. ● R ead with the RFID reader to access the information contained on the devices. .

3. Functions :  An RFID chip implant contains a chip with the data and an antenna coil.  Antenna coil is connected to a capacitor that uses the magnetic field of an external reader as energy to power the device.  The microchip is passive and only actively functions when it is contact with a reader. Humans :  In 2004 the FDA approved VeriChip so that RFID (the company that develops the chip) so that microchips can be implanted in people.  RFID chips implanted into a human's body can be used for information storage like personal identification, patient's health records.  In 2007, VeriChip had been courting the military to use the RFID chips as a replacement for traditional dog tags.

4. Criticism : - Often used for animals the applications for humans has raised many moral questions. - Invasion of privacy? An employer knowing exactly when his employees leave work or a supermarket. - Security of information? Hacking and other such manipulations would allow unwanted parties to take the information (take you identity) - The human microchip implant would be take the human being for branding and therefore a human rights violation?

5. Example of a message Comprehend VeriChip's Swine Flu chip  O'Hara Gabriel  24/09/2009  « The Reuters tells how VeriChip shares jumped 186% due to a patent on their swine flu pandemic detecting mini-microchip for the purpose of human implantation which is a massive upgrade to their current microchip already in thousands of people from children to the elderly. »  Source : Wise Up Journal  http://www.wiseupjournal.com/?p=1140  Index term : microchips / human implantations / swine flu  Libéllé : RFID microchips  Found with Google alert E.M

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