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Wearable and Implantable Tracking Chips

compiled by
Robert A. Freitas Jr.

© Copyright 2001-2002, Robert A. Freitas Jr.
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Publications

• Dec. 1996 "Beastly Implants" (Michael Mechanic)
• 1997 "Summary of Field Studies Evaluating the Efficacy of Bio-Bond, a Porous Polymer Sheath, on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Transponders to Prevent Migration from a Known Implant Site" (Dean Park, John Wieser, Destron Fearing Corporation)
• May 1997 "Personal tracking and recovery system" (Paul A. Gargano, David H. Gilmore, Frank A. Pace, Lee Weinstein, U.S. Patent No. 5,629,678, issued 13 May 1997, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office)
• Dec. 1997 "Pentagon introducing high-tech dog tags" (Jonathan Karl) Also See Also See
• Aug. 1998 "Meet Mr. Cyborg: half-husband, half-machine" (Robert Uhlig)
• Aug. 1998 "Technology gets under the skin" (BBC)
• Oct. 1998 "007 implant to protect kidnap targets" (quoting Maurice Chittenden, David Lloyd; The Sunday Times, London) Tabloid Time Magazine In German
• Jan. 1999 "Is human chip implant wave of the future?" (Sam Witt)
• Feb. 1999 "Counting sheep" (Carleen Hawn)
• Jul. 1999 "Techno Bra Calls the Cops" (Leander Kahney)
• Oct. 1999 "Why You Should Get a Chip Implant" (Paul Somerson) See Also See Also See Also
• Oct. 1999 "Anatomy of a Spam" (Bob Parks)
• 2000 "Is the biochip the Mark of the Beast?" (Terry Watkins)
• Apr. 2000 "Japanese firm developing tool to track stray grannies" (J.A. Getzlaff)
• Aug. 2000 "Timothy McVeigh Was Telling The Truth" (Kathy Kasten) (paranoia? you decide)
• Sep. 2000 "Put that silicon where the sun don't shine" (Katharine Mieszkowski)
• Oct. 2000 "Digital Angel: The New Eye in the Sky" (Michael Della Bitta, Fox News)

Organizations

• Avid Identification Systems Inc. -- American Veterinary Identification Devices (AVID)
• Animal Electronic I.D. Systems Pty Ltd. Australia (Lifechip)
• Anitech Enterprises, Inc. Canada (PETNET)
• Biomark, Inc. (electronic identification for animals)
• Companion Animal Recovery
• Data-Disk Technology Inc. -- Medi-Tag: The First Data-Disk Application
• Destron Fearing, Inc. (Electronic Identification)
• Digital Angel (Applied Digital Solutions)
• Electronic ID, Inc. (equine chips)
• Identipet South Africa
• LoJack Corporation (for cars)
• Microgistics, Inc.
• ParkWatch
• Schering-Plough, Inc. (HomeAgain chips)
• Shearwell Data Ltd. -- electronic identification
• Trovan Electronic Identification Systems
• WhereNet

Links

• AKC Companion Animal Recovery FAQ (microchip IDs) Enrolled Animals
• Borg Institute of Technology (SF humor)
• Implants (Kevin Warwick) Facts Statements Technology
• Individual Microchip Technology FAQ