Implanted Locator Chips: They're HEEERE!

RESPONDING TO GROWING CUSTOMER INQUIRIES AND MEDIA INTEREST, APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS HIGHLIGHTS ANTI-KIDNAPPING POTENTIAL OF ITS "PERSONAL SAFEGUARD" TECHNOLOGIES

Digital Angel Corporation's upcoming, matchbook-size, emergency location device can be more easily hidden or camouflaged in the form of bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and belt buckles

Three Washington, D.C.-area Company executives, including Vice President-Government Solutions Frank E. Lalley, "get chipped™" on August 14, 2002, with subdermal VeriChip™ personal verification microchip

PALM BEACH, FL– AUGUST 15, 2002 – Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX), an advanced technology development company, , responded today to growing customer inquiries and media interest by highlighting the anti-kidnapping potential of its lineup of "personal safeguard" technologies - including Digital Angel™ (a product of Digital Angel Corporation, AMEX: DOC), VeriChip™ and PLD, a subdermal Personal Location Device still in development. Applied Digital Solutions is the beneficial owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation.

Commenting on the growing inquiries and media interest in these technologies, Scott R. Silverman, President of Applied Digital Solutions, said: "It's a shame that recent tragedies seem to have prompted this increased attention, but the only way to assist in the prevention of future tragedies is for parents, law enforcement and others to become aware of available technologies. Although our technologies have a variety of other applications, we believe VeriChip, Digital Angel and the forthcoming PLD have the potential to help safeguard children and provide greater peace-of-mind to parents. But these technologies should by no means be considered an alternative to parent-child communication and awareness."

Mr. Silverman recently appeared on the Hannity & Colmes (Fox News) program to discuss the Company's anti-kidnapping technologies. CNN's American Morning, USA Today, the Economist, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Fox News.com, along with a variety of radio and television news programs around the country, have recently focused on this topic. In addition, the Bush Administration has announced that it will hold a White House Summit on Child Safety on September 24, 2002.

Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC) recently announced a substantial reduction in the size of its Digital Angel emergency location device. The Company believes this advance could have significant implications in the effort to locate lost or missing children. Now roughly the size of a matchbook, the Company believes the new, one-piece Digital Angel unit is the smallest wireless/GPS (Global Position System) device that will soon be available to customers.

Unlike competing GPS devices, Digital Angel offers a unique combination of GPS, wireless Internet and sensor technologies. The Company believes this new, lightweight, one-piece unit - which includes an ambient temperature monitor, a boundary alert function, and panic button - will provide parents with industry-leading versatility and flexibility in safeguarding the welfare of their children. For larger orders, the small Digital Angel unit can be configured into various formats such as necklaces, pendants, bracelets, and belt buckles. The current product is a watch and/or pager-like device.

The upcoming Digital Angel device also incorporates "Assisted GPS" technology and transmits-receives signals using wireless (GSM and CDMA) protocols that make it usable worldwide. Assisted GPS enables GPS signals to be delivered to devices inside buildings and other areas where reception has been difficult. This Digital Angel advance means its GPS features will now work anywhere a cell phone works. This is a significant step forward in strengthening the technology's effectiveness as an anti-kidnapping and location tool.

Mr. Silverman continued: "We're committed to providing customers with a full range of personal safeguard technologies - technologies that enhance personal safety, security and peace of mind. VeriChip can be used as a tamper-proof means of identification - both for children and adults - and could be integrated into a home or car security system. Digital Angel offers a wearable GPS capability to locate loved ones in an emergency. The Company is currently developing the PLD (Personal Location Device). The PLD will provide a tamper-proof, subdermal GPS device to protect and locate loved ones in the event of a kidnapping or some other emergency. A working prototype of PLD is expected by the end of this year."

In a related development, the Company announced that three of its Washington, D.C.-area executives, including Frank E. Lalley, President and CEO of company subsidiaries, Computer Equity (Compec) and Government Telecommunications (GTI), were "chipped" with a VeriChip personal verification microchip on August 14, 2002. Mr. Lalley joined Applied Digital's Compec subsidiary in January 2002 after a distinguished, 35-year career in the federal government. Most recently, Mr. Lalley served as Assistant Commissioner for Service Delivery in the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service. Mr. Lalley also serves as the Company's Vice President- Government Solutions for advanced technologies

About Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. Applied Digital Solutions is an advanced technology development company that focuses on a range of life-enhancing, personal safeguard technologies, early warning alert systems, miniaturized power sources and security monitoring systems combined with the comprehensive data management services required to support them. Through its Advanced Technology Group, the company specializes in security-related data collection, value-added data intelligence and complex data delivery systems for a wide variety of end users including commercial operations, government agencies and consumers. Applied Digital Solutions is the beneficial owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC). For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.adsx.com.

About VeriChip™ VeriChip, first announced on December 19, 2001, is a miniaturized radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable under the skin. The verification number is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number. VeriChip Corporation and its parent company, Applied Digital Solutions, are working with federal regulators to ensure full compliance with applicable regulations. VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions.

About Digital Angel Corporation Digital Angel Corporation was formed on March 27, 2002, in a merger between Digital Angel Corporation and Medical Advisory Systems, Inc., which for two decades has operated a 24/7, physician-staffed call center in Owings, Maryland. Prior to the merger, Digital Angel Corporation was a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. Digital Angel™ technology and patents represent the first-ever combination of advanced sensors and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications linked to Global Positioning System (GPS). By utilizing advanced sensor capabilities, Digital Angel will be able to monitor key functions - such as ambient temperature and physical movement - and transmit that data, along with accurate emergency location information, to a ground station or monitoring facility. The company also invented, manufactures and markets implantable identification microchips the size of a grain of rice for use in companion pets, fish, and livestock. Digital Angel Corp. owns patents for its inventions in applications of the implantable microchip technology for animals and humans. For more information about Digital Angel Corporation, visit www.digitalangel.net.

About Computer Equity, Inc. and GTI™ Computer Equity, Inc. (Compec), including its wholly owned subsidiary, GTI, is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. With a revenue base that exceeds $30 million, Compec specializes in providing a full array of telecommunications, wireless and network integration services to government agencies. Compec's customers include major agencies of the Federal government such as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense.

Compec offers turnkey solutions, including any necessary local exchange carrier coordination, equipment provisioning, personnel training, legacy system upgrades and network systems integration. Compec's "total solution" capability involves the delivery of data, voice and video throughout a customer's facility directly to the desktop. Compec's expertise incorporates the design, provisioning, installation and maintenance of networks, including everything from the cable infrastructure, to the backbone hardware and the desktop itself. During the last three years, Compec has installed network solutions in over 6000 locations nationwide. These network solutions have included projects ranging nationwide rollouts to campus-wide SONET systems and single office LANs.

Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are ëforward-looking statementsí within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and the Companyís actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

Um...guys? Implanted locator chips? It's finally for real. I'll bet the government is just tickled pink. For "Anti-Kidnapping" they say? Right. Let's see how long it takes for them to go to the LOCUST system (Locator Of Citizen Uniform Subdermal Tracker)and make it mandatory. I hypothesize that all mandatory situations started as voluntary until they gained widespread acceptance and became "commonplace" in the eyes of the gullible public.

We may have a new profession coming out in the near future as these skin bugs become mandatory:

"Personal Pest Control"

Here is one coming on the market next month:

http://www.wherifywireless.com/corp_home.htm

Peace of Mind for Parents.
Cool for Kids.

Children have a natural urge to explore. Parents have a natural desire to know their children are safe.

That's why Wherify created the world's first Personal Locator to help you determine your child's location in minutes. Wherify's GPS Personal Locator helps keep loved ones safe by combining Wherify's patented technology with the U.S. Department of Defense's multi-billion dollar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites plus the largest 100% digital, nationwide PCS wireless network.

So relax. Now you can have peace of mind 24 hours a day while your child is the high tech envy of the neighborhood!

They were built on and have been running on hype. Take a look under their skirts and you will find pump-and-dumper types.

The technology they were pushing has been dumped. It would never have worked anyway. It would have taken the installation of receivers all over the place to work. It never made sense.

Companies that are building "panic" type products that run over the current cell nets have a better idea. They can use technology that's in place. ADSX is moving in the direction they should have long ago. But probably too late. I'm surprised they can still find suckers to dump money into them.

These implanted chips have been around for years. They have used on animals for tracking strays. Most states now have mandatory placement when a stray cat, dog, or rabbit is found. The technology is the same, however each year the technologies ability to store information becomes greater, including global positioning in the works.
The chip it self is the size of a grain of rice, and inserted with a large syringe type device. The implant is full of small holes which allows muscle tissue to grow through it, keeping it in place and almost impossible to remove with out damaging surrounding muscle tissue.
Since the beginning of this implant technology, there was talk of making the chip available for children, and there are already lobbyist barking at congressional leaders to make it mandatory. Scary yes.

Old news. Why do you think all of these "child kidnapping" stories are receiving "Breaking News" coverage on the cable news stations and newspapers? If you do not give people a reason to buy a product, it will never sell. So now, someday soon, all school districts will mandate that all children have these implants. Watch and see.

All this tech is great...... we can locate missing or kidnapped kids, we can monitor released criminals and sex offenders, we can located shipped packages, trucks, busses, planes....hell, we can now track or locate any person or object.

Employers can keep track of every move their employees make, speeding tickets can be emailed to offenders, every move anybody makes can be monitered........

I sure don't envy the future my kids will face.

Child with tried and true anti-kidnapping and tracking device........batteries not required !

Stay Safe !

More hype from a company in trouble.

ADSX last traded at 53 cents.

Now that's interesting! Hmmmm....

I think we're talking about two different things here. The implanted chips which "have been around for years" are merely identification chips, not GPS-compatable locating devices. My dog has an ID chip. Should he run away or be stolen, and be so fortunate as to end up at a vet or shelter, he can be identified. But he can't be located via satellite.

Actually, There are several companies playing this game. I can only hope that it's pump-and-dump hype. Because if they start making this mandatory in schools, my child WILL be home-schooled, and will learn something valueable he can use in the real world, not some feel-good propaganda fed him by the government bureaucracy in the name of "diversity" where there are no "wrong" answers.

But the implications on the invasion of privacy using this product, or even its concept, is frightening.

The frightening part is not the technology; It is the ability of an oppressive government, by which I mean OURS, to make it mandatory.

Enough said.

DG

Whoops. I didn't read your post carefully enough before responding; you did refer to global positioning "in the works." Still, I'd have to think we're still a long way from implantable GPS devices. As long as they're in the form of bracelets, necklaces, belts, or (in the case of our 4-legged friends) collars, a kidnapper need only dispose of the hardware.

Sheesh. What a loon you are, respectfully.

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