Nah, you can have this thing implanted right under your childs skin, at the wrist. No ditching it then....for life!
Better yet, you can get yourself implanted too, for all your electronic banking and commerce.
You won't need a wallet for ID, as they can just scan the back of your hand, and voila! Your credit card, your drivers license, all of you, right there on a tiny little embedded chip.
Right now, this company (Verachip) is being plugged to be used for "Homeland Security", and is a "tamper proof personal Identification" Oh, I almost forgot...it can track you via satellite.
What a wonderful, wondrful technological world we live in! By the way...you can get chipped right now...
"The VeriChip miniaturized Radio Frequency Identifcation (RFID) Device is the core of all VeriChip applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip contains a unique verification number, which can be used to access a subscriber-supplied database providing personal related information. And unlike conventional forms of identification, VeriChip cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced or counterfeited.
Once implanted just under the skin, via a quick, painless outpatient procedure (much like getting a shot), the VeriChip can be scanned when necessary with a proprietary VeriChip scanner.
A small amount of Radio Frequency Energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the individuals unique verification (VeriChipID) number.
The VeriChip Subscriber Number then provides instant access to the Global VeriChip Subscriber (GVS) Registry - through secure, password protected web access to subscriber-supplied information."
This data is maintained by state-of-the-art GVS Registry Operations Centers located in Riverside, California and Owings, Maryland.