"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008021902311250073-jerelull@maccom...

some consider one saved life worth it,

If it would cost a life is it worth the risk?

These "chips" are simply RFID tags. They need a fairly strong field in order
to be interrogated. The low frequency ones work on magnetic fields and have
a shorter range of up to 24" and the high frequency ones work on electric
fields and have a range of up to 10-20 feet. Implanting metal in the human
body is not a great idea. Break a fork tyne off, insert it fully into a
hotdog and cook it in the microwave. See what happens around the metal. With
implanted RFID chips you will be at severe risk if you get an MRI, you can't
get an MRI if you have shrapnel, metal shavings, shotgun pellets etc in you.
If you work in the machine trades and have some metal dust in your eyes you
are at risk. So go ahead, implant a "chip" with a receiving antenna/coil on
it and jump into an MRI machine. It will be torn from your body and it may
not necessarily take the shortest path to the outside. It may even enter the
body again on its path through the torus of the MRI machine.

Ron Fiengold