Implantable microchips in humans -" Mark of the Beast "

	Muthunagar.com
	The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for a Florida company to market implantable microchips that would provide easy access to individual mdeical records. Applied Digital Solutions, based in Florida, said that its devices,which it calls VeriChips,could save lifes and limit injuries from errors in medical treatment.It hopes such medical uses will accelerate acceptance of under-the-skin ID chips as security and access-control devices. It is believed that these kind of tags may be the "mark of the beast" reffered to in the Book of Revelation in Bible. Patients implanted with the chips could recieve more effective care because doctors equipped with hand held radio scanners would be able to read a unique 16 digit number on the chip.The chip does not contain any records, but with the number, the doctor would be able to retrieve medical information about blood type,drug histories,etc.,. Tiny Radio frequency identification,RFID tags similar to VeriChip have been embedded in livestock and pets by the millions in recent years as a more secure form of identification than the external tags. Chips designed by VeriChip are of the size of a grain of rice and are inserted just under the skin of the arm or hand with a syringe. updated: 17/10/2004
	source: As reported in Financial Express dated 15/10/2004.Original source from The NewYork Times"