Originally published February 8 2006
Computer chip implants may replace passwords in the future
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur, has planted a computer chip in his body that becomes activated when it comes within 3 inches of a reader. Graafstra says he cannot feel the chip, which is smaller than a grain of rice.
Forgetting computer passwords is an everyday source of frustration, but a solution may literally be at hand --- in the form of computer chip implants.
With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door.
Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible.
In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house)," Graafstra said in an interview in New York, where he is promoting the technology.
The chips are activated when they come within 3 inches of a so-called reader, which scans the data on the chips.
I almost can't tell it's there," agreed Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student and Graafstra's girlfriend.
Mikey Sklar, a 28-year-old Brooklyn resident, said, "It does give you some sort of power of 'Abracadabra,' of making doors open and passwords enter just by a wave of your hand."
The RFID chip in Sklar's hand, which is smaller than a grain of rice and can last up to 100 years, was injected by a surgeon in Los Angeles.
Tattoo artists and veterinarians also could insert the chips into people, he said.
For years, veterinarians have been injecting similar chips into pets so the animals can be returned to their owners if they are lost.
Graafstra was drawn to RFID tagging to make life easier in this technological age, but Sklar said he was more intrigued by the technology's potential in a broader sense.
In the future, technological advances will allow people to store, transmit and access encrypted personal information in an increasing number of wireless ways, Sklar said.
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