[IP] When Cash Is Only Skin Deep

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:33:40 +0000
From: Chris Kench <chris@kenchie.net>
Subject: When Cash Is Only Skin Deep
To: dave@farber.net

For IP;

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61357,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2



A Florida company has announced plans to develop a service that would allow 
consumers to pay for merchandise using microchips implanted under their skin.

<http://www.adsx.com>Applied Digital Solutions CEO Scott Silverman said he 
believes the company's 
<https://gvsregistry.4verichip.com/index.htm>VeriChip -- a subdermal 
microchip that uses radio frequency signals to broadcast an identification 
number to a scanner -- could someday replace credit cards. Under 
Silverman's plan, rather than swiping a bank card to make purchases, 
micro-chipped customers would scan themselves using special readers.

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