Xenopope wrote:But what could they implant with a needle so small? It's got to be nanotechnology! Wouldn't it have to be on that scale?
Check it out:
http://www.bioexchange.com/news/news_page.cfm?id=4479
http://www.pharmaseq.com/press_firstnan … onder.html
article wrote:The new nanotransponder is the smallest externally powered monolithic integrated circuit of its type ever made. A nanotransponder is a tiny electronic silicon chip that uses radio frequency to transmit its identity code.
The PharmaSeq chip has a volume of only six nanoliters, less than 1/1,000th of a grain of rice. Its ultra-small size makes it highly suitable for molecular biology assays that PharmaSeq is developing in such areas as biology, medicine, combinatorial chemistry, and drug discovery.
The dimension of the new nanotransponder is about 250 microns across, half the size of the microtransponder announced by PharmaSeq just eight months ago. Its excellent radio-frequency characteristics are critical for the development of microchip flow systems for DNA assays. Just as important, the rapid progress indicates that further size reductions are possible.
Both the nanotransponder and the earlier 500-micron microtransponder were developed during a two-year collaboration with Sarnoff Corporation, a technology development firm located in Princeton, NJ, known worldwide for its work in color TV, HDTV, integrated circuit design, and electronic displays.
[...] In addition, the microtransponders will provide an inexpensive alternative to bar coding and can be used as radio frequency ID tags for small objects or parts in nonmedical settings.
http://www.pharmaseq.com
The above came out in late 2000 into 2001. It's been several years since... So the idea of injectable ID chips isn't that farfetched. Also, if you note, the PharmaSeq chips aren't only capable of transmitting an ID code, but with a little development in technology also able to transmit info on genetic, bacterial, and viral trends in the body. Just speculating here, but this would give someone a very good way of monitoring genetic changes happening in the population and then suppressing/tracking individuals that stand out.
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