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Four hospitals in Puerto Rico will begin implanting a Florida made microchip the size of a rice grain in patients who suffer from illnesses that cause memory loss, like Alzheimer's disease, a newspaper reported Sunday. The hospitals will start using the microchip, made by the Delray Beach, Fla.-based Verichip Corp., in August, according to El Nuevo Dia. It is inserted in the forearm, costs $200 and is voluntary. "It is a way to offer an additional service because the chip it going to be used on a population that has memory problems ... or great health problems," said Nelson Martinez,...

VeriChip reveals its colours By Nick Farrell: Thursday 01 June 2006, 15:41 AFTER YEARS OF insisting that VeriChip RFID technology will not be used for Big Brother purposes, the company's chairman has proposed tagging immigrant and guest workers in the United States. Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation seems to have got carried away when being interviewed on "Fox & Friends" when responding to the Bush administration's call to know "who is in our country and why they are here". He suggested that if foreigners were tagged using VeriChip RFID implants at the border, the technology could...

An Ohio company has embedded silicon chips in two of its employees - the first known case in which US workers have been “tagged” electronically as a way of identifying them. CityWatcher.com, a private video surveillance company, said it was testing the technology as a way of controlling access to a room where it holds security video footage for government agencies and the police. Embedding slivers of silicon in workers is likely to add to the controversy over RFID technology, widely seen as one of the next big growth industries. RFID chips – inexpensive radio transmitters that give off a...

Morgues Rely On Embedded Computer Chips September 28, 2005 3:14 p.m. EST Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter Gulfport, MS (AHN) - As a means to stay on top of the overwhelming body counts after Hurricane Katrina, some morgue workers began using tiny computer chips to keep track of unidentified remains. VeriChip, donated by a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions Inc., emits a specific radio signal, enabling morgue workers to quickly locate and catalog the remains, speed the morgue-management process and reduce errors. Radio frequency identification chips were implanted under the corpses' skin or placed inside body bags...

Solusat, Exclusive Distributor of VeriChip for Mexico, Signs Cooperation Agreement with Mexico's National Foundation for the Investigation of Lost and Kidnapped Children Wednesday October 1, 9:20 am ET VeriKid(TM) Program Launched as Part of Emergency Child Identification and Safeguard Initiative - VeriChip Corporation Donates 25 Subdermal RFID Verichips to National Foundation to Kick off Program in Mexico PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003-- Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - News), an advanced technology development company, announced today that Solusat, the Company's exclusive distributor of VeriChip(TM) products and services in Mexico, has signed a cooperation agreement with Mexico's National Foundation...

<p>BOCA RATON, Fla. — Jeff Jacobs' neck is fused to his spine at a slightly downward angle, making it painful for him to look straight ahead without leaning back. He takes up to 10 medications a day for a number of other ailments, and several times he has nearly died.</p>