Computers now under our skin

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  1. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    A small electronic device slapped onto the skin like a temporary tattoo could bring us closer to a future that melds body and machine, a cyborg world where people have cell phones embedded in their throats and Internet browsers literally at their fingertips.

    Described in the Aug. 12 Science, the gizmos were developed by researchers looking to create less obtrusive medical monitors for premature babies and other special-needs patients. But the technology’s potential for integrating computers into the human body could be vast.

    “This is a huge breakthrough,” says nanoengineer Michael McAlpine of Princeton University. “This goes beyond Dick Tracy calling someone with a cell phone on the wrist. It’s having the wrist itself house the device so it’s always with you.”

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  3. domesticated om Stickler for details Valued Senior Member

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    Only thing I don't like about this stuff is the rate tech changes. The new model comes out 6 months later that's twice as fast as the old model....you have to go out and get stamped in the same place again.

    After 10 years of updates, that spot is just a big blob of scar tissue
     
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  5. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    But this newer technology is easier to remove, no need to operate just a dermabrasion or acid peel and your good to go again.
     
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  7. The Esotericist Getting the message to Garcia Valued Senior Member

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    Oh terrific, this is sure to bring the fundies and conspiracy nutters out in droves. . .

    "13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men."

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    "14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived."

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    " 15 And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image to the breast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed."

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    "16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;"
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    "17 and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name."
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    It's like. . . Israel purposely uses the The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion to bug the nutters, and the American elites make sure to use Revelations, right? ha hah ha ha. I crack myself up.
     
  8. fiction_is_science Registered Member

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    I don't see this being able to push through. What if it short circuits, then what? Remove and replace? I'm sure that won't come in free. And from the picture, I see the chip is on the wrist area. What if you bang your wrist accidentally and it breaks into a thousand pieces? Good luck with that. I heard there are some countries which have Clubs that need you to have this in order to be a part of them. Ridiculous if you asked me.
     
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