be sure to eat your r.f.i.d.
February 18th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
The tracking technology known as RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is showing up everywhere from grocery stores, to shipping containers, to gas station, to toll roads. Now, your intestines can join in the radio wave fun!
Kodak has filed this patent application for RFID tagged capsules that could be swallowed to track activity in a patient’s digestive system. The capsules would contain a tiny tracking chip which could be used to monitor a patient’s medication history, or to transmit other medical information to a nearby RF data collector. The pills would be designed to break down over time without harming the recipient.
While the idea might seem a little odd, it actually has potential to reduce the need for invasive medical procedures, as well as to ensure that patients take the proper dosage of their medicines.
[via New Scientist]
filed under: future tech strange + wonderful
February 18th, 2007 comments (5): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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Wow that’s weird yet somehow arousing at the same time
Thing i don’t get is what data coudld it possibly send back? It’s position in the intestine? How would it know? I mean you can’t exactly use GPS for that.
http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/rfid-chips-implanted-inside-people/
I suspect the rfids seem capable to communicate with any cellphone.
Just another way for your government to keep track of where you are & invade your privacy..right now it’s voluntary..please DO NOT “eat the chip”
please dont buy this utter bullshit that your government is feeding you, this is just a step to exploit and controls us!!!!!
want proof?
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm
please spread this message as much as you can (though the religious part however i disagree with)
how can it monitor a patient’s medication history?
maybe it can track the location of a certain person, but track whatever the person is eating? hmm.. how?