21-02-2009, 10:37 PM
Most of us wonâ„¢t like the idea of
implanting a biochip in our body that identifies us uniquely and can be
used to track our location. That would be a major loss of privacy. But
there is a flip side to this! Such biochips could help agencies to
locate lost children, downed soldiers and wandering Alzheimerâ„¢s
patients.
The human body is the next big target of chipmakers. It wonâ„¢t
be long before biochip implants will come to the rescue of sick, or
those who are handicapped in someway. Large amount of money and
research has already gone into this area of technology.
Anyway, such implants have already experimented with. A few US
companies are selling both chips and their detectors. The chips are of
size of an uncooked grain of rice, small enough to be injected under
the skin using a syringe needle. They respond to a signal from the
detector, held just a few feet away, by transmitting an identification
number. This number is then compared with the database listings of
register pets.
Daniel Man, a plastic surgeon in private practice in Florida, holds
the patent on a more powerful device: a chip that would enable lost
humans to be tracked by satellite.
