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Electronic Implants Under Skin, Open Doors & Provides Identification
September 23, 2016
Patrick Paumen doesn’t have to worry about forgetting his keys and being locked out of his apartment. That is because he doesn’t need a key anymore—he simply unlocks the door with a wave of his hand.
Electronic RFID tags that go under the skin are being used to store personal information and give users access to secure areas.
The 32-year-old IT expert from the Dutch city of Heerlen is one of a growing number of people with electronic implants under their skin, mostly to use as keys or for identification.
Mr. Paumen has several such implants, or tags, embedded in the fatty tissue of his hands and his lower arm. He uses separate tags to unlock not only his apartment door, but also his office and the gate to a secure parking lot at work. Another stores information he would otherwise put on a business card—name and contact details—and yet another holds similar information for nonbusiness encounters.
Read More – Source: When Information Storage Gets Under Your Skin – WSJ
By NINA ADAM and WILLIAM WILKES
PHOTO: HENRIK ANDREE/TELEFÓNICA BASECAMP/DIGIWELL.COM