First, let me clarify that it is not an RFID chip that is implanted, but rather a transponder. The chip is the brains of an RFID device, but it alone does nothing. It must be connected to a radio ...

This article was originally published by RFID Update. August 23, 2004—Subdermal RFID chip implanting raises both the hackles of privacy advocates and the prospect of a safer, more efficient future.

Macedo went on to say that 160 of his employees had been implanted with the rice-grain-sized chips, manufactured by the VeriChip Corp., of Delray, FL. Although developed and manufactured in the U.S., ...

Facepalm: A Missouri magician and molecular biologist found himself confronting the limits of modern biohacking after accidentally locking himself out of the technology implanted inside his own body.

To date, about 2,000 radio frequency-identification, or RFID, chips have been implanted in humans worldwide, according to VeriChip Corp. The company, which sees a target market of 45 million Americans ...