Posted on 02/18/2020 9:58:01 AM PST by nuconvert
Moscow (AFP) - Gripping a scalpel, Vladislav Zaitsev makes an incision in the fold of skin between his client's thumb and index finger and pushes in a small glass cylinder.
Alexei Rautkin, a 24-year-old programmer in a hoodie, is having a chip inserted in his hand so he can open the door to his office without swiping a card.
"It's something I decided a long time ago," he says.
"Mainly because it's convenient but there's also a kind of exclusivity, because practically no one else has this."
Rautkin and Zaitsev are among a growing number of Russians interested in biohacking, a global movement whose followers seek to "upgrade" their bodies with experimental technology and DIY health fixes that began in Silicon Valley at the start of the last decade.
For some, the lifestyle trend involves implanting technology under their skin.
For others -- mainly wealthy Russians -- the quest is to live longer, which they hope to do through intensive monitoring of their bodies, taking vast quantities of supplements or extreme exercise.
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Hi.
“...and the number of the Beast was 666.”
Just sayin
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Helluva lot of work to avoid whipping out a key. I have enough problems with splinters.
lol You and me both! But grinders (that’s the folks that have the surgery done) are not just going for ease-of-access; this guy’s a beginner yet. I’ve seen them with loads of biosensors, magnets, RFID implants... To be honest, this is the kind of thing I would do if I was younger. In my defense, tho, I was a cyberpunk and think biopunk is just a natural extension of that (thank you, William Gibson, for warping me BITD).
Can you blame him? Who wants to touch anything these days, much less have to rip something off before going to work every day.
That was my first thought.
Will the chip open doors at the Watergate Hotel?
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