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Subject: Humans to be implanted with scannable chips ~ Ananova

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> Humans to be implanted with scannable chips

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> Scannable silicon chips are to be implanted in humans for the first time.

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> Eight people will be injected with the chips in Florida.

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> The miniature devices are being aimed at families of Alzheimer's patients

> and others with complicated medical histories.

>

> Florida-based Applied Digital Solutions which makes the VeriChip says it

> will soon have a prototype able to receive GPS satellite signals and

> transmit a person's location.

>

> It says it has a waiting list of 4,000 to 5,000 people who want a

VeriChip.

> An estimated four million people in the US have Alzheimer's, with more

than

> 10% of them in Florida.

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> Nate Isaacson, an 83-year-old retired building contractor with

Alzheimer's,

> will have a chip implanted during a visit to his doctor in Fort

Lauderdale.

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> He told the Los Angeles Times: " It's a safety precaution. "

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> The chip will be put in his upper back. A hand-held scanner uses a radio

> frequency to activate the dormant chip which transmits a signal containing

> an identification number.

>

> Information about him is cross-referenced under that number in a central

> computer registry.

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> Emergency services will be able to find out who Mr Isaacson is and where

he

> lives. They will know he is prone to forgetfulness, that he has a

pacemaker

> and is allergic to penicillin.

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> Story filed: 23:07 Thursday 9th May 2002Florida-based Applied Digital

> Solutions which makes the VeriChip says it will soon have a prototype

able

> to receive GPS satellite signals and transmit a person's location.

>

> It says it has a waiting list of 4,000 to 5,000 people who want a

VeriChip.

> An estimated four million people in the US have Alzheimer's, with more

than

> 10% of them in Florida.

>

> Nate Isaacson, an 83-year-old retired building contractor with

Alzheimer's,

> will have a chip implanted during a visit to his doctor in Fort

Lauderdale.

>

> He told the <http://www.latimes.com/ target=_blank>Los Angeles Times:

> " It's a safety precaution. "

>

> The chip will be put in his upper back. A hand-held scanner uses a radio

> frequency to activate the dormant chip which transmits a signal containing

> an identification number.

>

> Information about him is cross-referenced under that number in a central

> computer registry.

>

> Emergency services will be able to find out who Mr Isaacson is and where

he

> lives. They will know he is prone to forgetfulness, that he has a

pacemaker

> and is allergic to penicillin.

>

> Story filed: 23:07 Thursday 9th May 2002

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