Microchip implants for humans is a topic that is getting more and more attention, and it is usually touted as having some sort of medical benefit. The newest item to makes its debut in this area is being described as, “a hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo,” and not only is it supposed to be useful to the medical industry, but it also has the potential to be used to enhance computer games spy operations, according to Breitbart.
Specific medical benefits of the patch that was created by a global team from the U.S., China and Singapore include the potential replacement of “bulky electrodes [used] to monitor brain, heart and muscle tissue activity and when placed on the throat it allowed users to operate a voice-activated video game with better than 90 percent accuracy.”
Professor in materials science and engineering John Rogers of the University of Illinois commented that, “It’s a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology. Our goal was to develop an electronic technology that could integrate with the skin in a way that is mechanically and physiologically invisible to the user.”
People’s acceptance of items such as these and even computer chip implants is gaining ground. Back in March of 2010, the Sydney Morning Harald reported that in a poll of 1000 Germans, 23 percent would be willing to have a chip implanted under their skin in exchange for “certain benefits.”
The breakdown goes like this:“About one in six said they would wear an implant to allow emergency services to rescue them more quickly from a fire or accident. Five percent of people said they would be prepared to have an implant to make their shopping go more smoothly.”
As for where America stands on what seems like it could be an end-times scenario that some might connect with chapter 13 of Revelation, back in August of 2009, a Wall Street Journal article reported thata company named Proteus Biomedical Incorporated is, "testing a miniature digestible chip that can be attached to conventional medication, sending a signal that confirms whether patients are taking their prescribed pills." The article also reports that the technology used to relay the information is a wireless technology.
The transmission of the signal is apparently aided by a "microelectronic receiver that is either a small bandage style skin patch or a tiny device insert under the skin," according to the Proteus Biomedical website.
The Wall Street Journal article also stated that, “Dozens of large and small companies are turning to wireless technology to achieve what the Obama administration is seeking through legislation: a health-care system that keeps people healthier for less.” But if anyone recalls back when Obama and John McCain were running for the office of president, both then candidates said that they intended to work toward putting everyone’s medical information on-line. Their implication at the time was so that doctors could have faster and easier access to it when they needed to look at patient records.
Another interesting item mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article is that. “Dr. Topol, who is also chief medical officer of the West Wireless Health Institute, a San Diego nonprofit research organization, cites a 2008 study that was distributed by a coalition of companies and organizations that support health-care reform,” and that, “Chip makers, seeing medical applications as a big new market, are racing to make such devices more capable and less expensive.” It appears that lots of corporations in the medical industry have a lot to gain from Obamacare.
According to a Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal article, "Receptors, a firm that is developing sensor technology, has expanded its joint venture with Verichip Corp. to cover products that could detect biological threats." Though Swine flu was given as one example of a biological threat, it’s likely that biological warfare is on somebody’s mind in relation to this technology.
Just for the sake of bringing things a little closer to life in corporate America, a Financial Times article from 2006 reported that a private video surveillance company in Ohio had, "embedded silicon chips in two of its employees." The article also stated that VeriChip “claims to have the only chips that have been approved by the Food and Drug administration,” and that “the implants were designed primarily for medical purposes.” At the time of the report, 70 people in the US had the implants.
While the intent of this article is not to imply that these computer chips or this new electronic patch are the actual “mark of the beast,” there is certainly some amazing technology being developed that has the potential to contribute to it in this present generation.
