Imagine if your body is also connected to the Internet, will be what kind of feeling, and this body will record what page of the information.
As early as 2005, from the University of Reading cybernetics professor Kevin. Warwick to experience an "electronic person" experience, in which the Houwaweike said that in the future, not the "electronic person"who would be considered eccentric.Seemed at the time, Professor Warwick's remarks is nothing less than sensational.But now the situation is much different.The so-called "body-line", that is, an RFID chip implanted in the arm.Warwick is currently working with a British hospital to study the nervous system network of meaning for the treatment of spinal diseases, and are exploring whether they can control a wheelchair through the nervous system.
Who is using?
Warwick's research does look amazing, of course, the new lab is only a wish, however, the application of RFID implants in humans has not only in the laboratory.December 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally approved the application data to solve the company ADS (Applied Digital Solutions) sales in the healthcare industry applications for RFID chips.At that time, the world still shocked.In fact, was when, ADS VeriChip chip R & D has sold more than 7,000.In addition to implant outside pets, of which 1,000 have been implanted in the human body, for patient identification, reading medical information, FDA and thus the chip implanted in the human body as a second class of special control of medical products.The latest news is that more than 2,000 people have been implanted in the body of the VeriChip.
Warwick is vivo VeriChip chip.Only whole chip the size of a grain of rice, is implanted in the upper arm injections subcutaneously, only a few minutes the whole process, the surface looks like a mosquito bite in the above packet, without suture the wound.When used, special scanner is a faint radio waves will reach the VeriChip chip through the skin, providing a weak energy, VeriChip chip to obtain the energy, the implant of the ID for the issue of information, the scanner and then put the information through the networksent to the ADS data center management.ADS recorded data center customers a variety of personal information, such as blood type, allergies, past medical history and other medical data.
In early 2005, major U.S. tech media coverage from the New Jersey Virtual VeriChip company executives Joseph Krull chip implanted in the story.For Krull himself, he really for the purpose of medical use of this technology.As a skiing accident, his left eye doctors placed a small piece of the rear metal plate, resulting in permanent swelling of his left eye, and his two drugs for allergies.VeriChip implanted with chips that Krull body to remind doctors note Krull physical presence of the metal plates to prevent the occurrence of misdiagnosis.
In addition, VeriChip also customers of the Global Positioning ADS provides the possibility to the customer's location, identity and medical data in a timely manner is sent to medical institutions and help expand the hospital as quickly as possible medical care.
The hidden dangers of unsafe
However, the application of any new technology are likely to be a double-edged sword.Imagine if someone was holding a reader, you can easily get your personal information, you must feel very safe.RFID tag disclosure of personal information does exist a hidden danger.In this regard, Krull said, "I'm not worried about the information in the subway which was stolen away." Machine to read the label because the distance is not greater than 3 inches (about 7 to 8 cm.)Moreover, the subcutaneous part of the chip to store only the medical information - the password for a particular site, the site's information is to be approved before put it up.
In addition to RFID chips could reveal personal privacy, a more surprising discovery had to get people to re-examine the safety of this technology.September 8, the Associated Press (Associated Press) published a press RFID chips implanted in people, said the body will lead to cancer, citing a series of mid-90s last century, the research - so that the chip implanted in laboratory micegrow a tumor, and the signal transmitter is the cause of the tumor.RFID for medical services at the same time, is not itself a "sick" of.
This article was published, immediately caused a change in ADS stock subsidiary Verichip, the company Sept. 11 to respond to the official Web site, said RFID signal transmitter can produce tumors in experimental mice this statement is misleading.ADS said there was no evidence that subcutaneous implantation of RFID chips will lead to any type of tumor, the number of animals implanted chip has reached millions, and did not lead to any tumor, indicating that RFID chip implantation is not associated with cancer.
It is worth mentioning that this report has caused a sensation in question is based on RFID technology as part of critics of Cather Rainey (Katherine Albrecht) of research, he was director of consumer privacy protection organizations.More importantly, the Associated Press has also hired a number of cancer experts conducted the study analysis, saying the test results may not apply to the human body.
Even with such a question, RFID technology is currently only open the tip of the iceberg of medical services.ADS purchased in 1999, patent protection, to outline a "super RFID" more powerful."Super RFID" is a sensor network that can take the initiative on environmental monitoring, and record and send relevant information.