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"Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Freedom ID | ||
| A chip inserted into the hand for identification (and surveillance) purposes. |
| About a third of the people in Manhattan have replaced their Freedom Card with a radio-frequency chip about the size of a vitamin pill. The chip is usually inserted beneath the skin on the back of the hand, and the procedure leaves a distinctive scar... The chip is detected whenever you take the subway, enter a department story, or walk into a government building... |
| Technovelgy from Spark,
by John Twelve Hawks. Published by Knopf in 2014 Additional resources -
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Compare to the implanted microprocessor monitor from William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer, the skull bugs from Alfred Bester's 1974 novel The Computer Connection and the tracking bracelet from Patricia Jo Clayton's 1990 novel Shadowspeer.
Take a look at IBM's lighthearted video on chipping yourself and the world of convenience that will open up to you (2009):
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- RFID Chipped Employees Of Three Square Market
- XPrize's Diamandis Implants RFID Tag In Hand
- RFID Chip Implants Required In Epicenter Office Block In Sweden
| A System To Defeat AI Face Recognition |
| Smart TVs Are Listening! |
| Police Drones In China Would Like To Have A Word With You |
| Detecting Drones In Ukraine With Candy (Sukork) |
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