Submitted by Stellar: Medical milestone or privacy invasion? A tiny computer chip approved Wednesday for implantation in a patient’s arm can speed vital information about a patient’s medical history to doctors and hospitals. But critics warn that it could open new ways to imperil the confidentiality of medical records.The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that Applied Digital Solutions of Delray Beach, Fla., could market the VeriChip, an implantable computer chip about the size of a grain of rice, for medical purposes.With the pinch of a syringe, the microchip is inserted under the skin in a procedure that takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no stitches. Silently and invisibly, the dormant chip stores a code that releases patient-specific information when a scanner passes over it.Think UPC code. The identifier, emblazoned on a food item, brings up its name and price on the cashier’s screen.

The VeriChip itself contains no medical records, just codes that can be scanned, and revealed, in a doctor’s office or hospital. With that code, the health providers can unlock that portion of a secure database that holds that person’s medical information, including allergies and prior treatment. The electronic database, not the chip, would be updated with each medical visit.

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No thanks to sci fi for me I think I'll stay with the good old records on file thank you.

oh god its one of the signs of the end times!!

It seems everything on those sci-fi channels are headin' into reality.

This one sounds like the Minority Report

Sounds interesting, but sometimes i hate A.D.D i cant grasp things that seem to detailed grrr... i just gotta keep reading it, but im not into Sci- Fi to much... but thanx for postin big SARUMAN!!!

what they dont tell you is that it also contains a homing device tracable by hi tech satellites so that they can pinpoint your location at any given moment.


lol jk, but i wouldnt be surprised.

I beleive this is the so called "mark of the beast" It starts innocent enough, then graduates to identification purposes and finally credit card information for the buying and selling of goods. I think some of you will understand what I'm saying here. If you don't beleive this theory, just think what a huge invasion of privacy this is and how it can be manipulated to control us.

Believe it or not, most people dont agree with you on that count.
As I dont quite Believe in your God.

I think its a good idea! If I am in trouble then I want them to get my records fast and easy, ya know? I don't think its anyone trying to control us and sh**, just trying to help us out

I actually think that this is a good idea and will be accepted by most and be used in the not to distant future, although at first it may be a little worrying to people, myself included, but it does make sense.

It really does make sense having a chip inside you. Imagine it. Eventually, tech will get so small that there WILL be a gps tranciever inside it. It will be able to read and store data on whats happening in your body. If you have a heart attack or soemthing else fatal, it will send off a signal for the paramedics to arrive. As for me, I really couldnt care less if the governemnt knows where I am within a city, its not like they're gonna be tracking me 24/7. I find it would be a reasonable trade.