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Um.

This morning.

Via BBC:

Wojtek Paprota., founder and chief executive of British-Polish chip firm, Walletmor, said:

“Chip implants contain the same kind of technology that people use on a daily basis

“From key fobs to unlock doors, public transit cards like the London Oyster card, or bank cards with contactless payment function.

“The reading distance is limited by the small antenna coil inside the implant. The implant needs to be within the electromagnetic field of a compatible RFID [or NFC] reader. Only when there is a magnetic coupling between the reader and the transponder can the implant can be read.

“RFID chips are used in pets to identify them when they’re lost,” he says. “But it’s not possible to locate them using an RFID chip implant – the missing pet needs to be found physically. Then the entire body gets scanned until the RFID chip implant is found and read.”

The microchip implants that let you pay with your hand (BBC)

BBC

Gulp.