The Mark of the Beast Chip Thread *Merged*

[DavidNR]

Looks "cool" but is already obsolete.

1. Isn't practical to use out-of-doors if the weather is inclement; a regular cell phone does just fine no matter what the weather.

2. Gotta stand still while using it pretty much. Otherwise you'll bump into something or someone.

3. Every human's physiology is different, so one may have to take certain drugs to get the right blood chemistry - just to use the phone.

4. Can't throw it away and get another one - unless Matt. 5:29.

5. How do you plug in a headset?

6. Can't be marketed to Christians or Jews - Leviticus 19:28, unless they're gone...

7. Obviously difficult to service if it breaks down.

8. With 1GB flash drives selling for $10 at Radio Shack, the $10 non-throwaway cell phone is right around the corner. Can the same be said for bodily implants?

9. If you're a SCUBA diver your phone will break (nitrogen in the blood, for starters).

10. If you're an airplane pilot, skydiver, etc. Your phone will break.

Bottom line: No one needs a telephone implanted in their bodies.

[C. Little]

Why can't they just implant a tiny speaker in my ear canal, and a microphone in my throat, then have the dialing and phone controls done by voice activation. So if I say "phone, call home", the phone implanted in my body would power up, and dial my home number, and I could talk without having any external device at all.

I like my phone better.

The technology already exists to send a virtual business card to someone elses blackberry type device by just shaking hands. It uses skin as a way to transmit data.

I don't know if this article is for real or not, but it seems kind of outdated to me.

[Reason&Hope]

The "powered by pizza" line refers to the fact that it is powered by our food:
"A coin sized blood fuel cell in the implant converts the blood's glucose and oxygen from the artery to the electricity required to power the device."

It's just an idea, not a product yet.
Still, I have no desire to be part of the Borg. :troll

[Widowsmyte]

Why can't they just implant a tiny speaker in my ear canal, and a microphone in my throat, then have the dialing and phone controls done by voice activation. So if I say "phone, call home", the phone implanted in my body would power up, and dial my home number, and I could talk without having any external device at all.

I like my phone better.

The technology already exists to send a virtual business card to someone elses blackberry type device by just shaking hands. It uses skin as a way to transmit data.

I don't know if this article is for real or not, but it seems kind of outdated to me.

C.Little: They can and they are working quite hard across the board for a myriad of implantable devices. Medical applications have a customer base in the "thousands" but commercial applications has just recently surpassed the "billion" mark. But, as they say "one hand washes the other".

I googled up bluetooth and this was a link they had:

As to WHY doing all this for a "cell-phone" (especially one implanted within the host's body)?

Here's why ---

The mobile phone, after all, is quickly becoming the computing hub of the future, combining entertainment, connectivity and data storage in a single device.
With ultra-low-power Bluetooth, for example, it will be possible for mobile phones to support location-based services, allowing users to download schedules from bus stops, product information from a store aisle, or airline schedules from the airport gate.
In the home, the mobile phone could serve as a remote control for the TV, thermostat and even household appliances, or simply direct a smart home to power up or down according to the presence of occupants
The demand for embedded wireless technology capable of long-lasting, power-independent functionality has existed for some time. Ultra-low-power Bluetooth technology promises a new answer, one with a proven global standard at its heart.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2007/101607-tech-update.html?page=2

Humbly yours --- widowsmyte :fear

[Hal4511]

Thats defiantly about a number 15 on my creep o meter

[JenGC]

LONDON — Americans studying in Britain for more than three months will have to have biometric ID cards starting later this year.

Within three years, Britain's Home Office said Thursday, all Americans and other foreigners from outside the European Union will have to have the cards to work and live here.

U.S. tourists and businessmen and women who visit Britain for visits under 90 days will not need them.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-06-british-id-cards_N.htm

:panic Oh Jesus, please come soon!!!

[Glory]

Tony Blair has used Biometric ID cards in Britain for years now, with all Britain citizens.

The new drivers licences here in America which will be required soon, will contain biometrics.:faint

[LoveforChrist]

I remember hearing that. I thought they were talking as soon as may 08. But I think they pushed it back to 2012. The way we are jumping through loops - it could happen anytime now.

[Bodude]

I'm seeing emails at my government job stating that we will be getting new ID cards in the next few months. They will have an embedded smart chip containing index fingerprints.While that in itself does not fit the mark of the beast,it's certainly another step in that direction.

[antsinmypants]

Current US passports have biometric data stored in them. There's talk that they may "Phase out" the current ones and everyone who has them needs to report to an embassy if overseas and not affilliated with the military, and those with the military go to their appropriate offices to get them changed over.

I'm not too shocked... I think the data I have currently in my passport from the German government has some minor biometric data. They didn't take a fingerprint or blood sample or anything, but I know it has a chip in it and I'm supposed to have it with me as valid ID everywhere I go, just like everyone else has their own German ID cards... that's my valid ID - not my American DL or passport, the German ID in the passport.

I have to renew it in July, so I think by then if there have been any changes, the Auslanderamt and Auslanderbehörde would let us know... and likely the US Embassy would contact us as well.