(Worldnetdaily.com)

What kind of catastrophe would be necessary to get people to line up at the post office and recieve this "Mark"??
Some are small enough to fit inside a syringe.
-loki

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Human ID implant

to be unveiled soon

'Wearers' of Digital Angel'

monitored by GPS, Internet

By JoAnn Kohlbrand

and Julie Foster

© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com

A working prototype of an implant designed to

monitor the physiology and whereabouts of

human wearers, known as Digital Angel, is

scheduled to be unveiled in October at an

invitation-only event in New York City -- two

months ahead of schedule.

Developed by Applied Digital Solutions, the

device is said to be the first-ever operational

combination of bio-sensor technology and

Web-enabled wireless telecommunications

linked to global positioning satellite

location-tracking systems.

Applied Digital Solutions Chairman Richard

Sullivan said the development of the technology

has progressed well ahead of schedule.

"We're extremely heartened by the remarkable

progress made by Dr. Peter Zhou and his entire

research team, including professors and their

associates at Princeton University and the New

Jersey Institute of Technology," said Sullivan.

"This technology relates directly to the

exploding wireless marketplace. We'll be

demonstrating for the first time ever that

wireless telecommunications systems and

bio-sensor devices -- capable of measuring and

transmitting critical body function data -- can be

successfully linked together with GPS (global

positioning satellite) technology and integrated

with the Internet."

As previously reported in WorldNetDaily,

Digital Angel is intended to serve a number of

functions. In addition to locating missing

persons and monitoring physiological data, the

device will be marketed to the world of

e-commerce as a means of verifying online

consumer identity.

Similar to microchip technologies currently

used as electronic ID tags for pets, Digital Angel

is a dime-sized implant, inserted just under the

skin. When implanted within a human body, the

device is powered electromechanically through

the movement of muscles and can be activated

either by the "wearer" or by a monitoring

facility.

Applied Digital Solutions is also exploring

avenues for utilizing Digital Angel without

implanting it.

"We are currently talking to a watch maker who

is interested in placing the device on the back of

their watches," Sullivan told WorldNetDaily. "In

addition, technology is being developed that

would allow Digital Angel to function from the

back of a cellular phone, transmitting bio-sensor

information when carried by the user."

While estimates of Digital Angel's marketplace

potential vary, Sullivan and Applied Digital's

partners believe they can enter the implant into

a multi-billion dollar market through various

licensing arrangements, Web-enabled wireless

services and data transactions handled by

Applied Digital's Application Service Provider

center.

Those attending the event in New York City will

see a working, multimedia demonstration of the

implant. A miniature sensor device -- smaller

than a grain of rice and equipped with a tiny

antenna -- will capture and wirelessly transmit a

person's vital body-function data, such as body

temperature or pulse, to an Internet-integrated

ground station. In addition, the antenna will

also receive information regarding the location

of the individual from the GPS satellite. Both

sets of data -- medical information and location

-- will then be wirelessly transmitted to the

ground station and made available on

Web-enabled desktop, laptop or wireless

devices.

According to Applied

Digital, the

demonstration will

represent the first time

these technologies

have been united into

one functioning

system.

The New York event --

at a time, date and

location to be announced later -- will feature

live presentations from top Applied Digital

executives, including Sullivan and Dr. Peter

Zhou, president and chief scientist at

DigitalAngel.net, Inc., a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Applied Digital. Attendees at the

device's unveiling ceremony will include a

handpicked group of potential joint-venture

partners, as well as senior-level players in the

e-commerce, wireless and Internet industries,

and stock analysts.

Zhou is passionately enthusiastic about the

device.

"I'm particularly excited about Digital Angel's

ability to save lives by remotely monitoring the

medical conditions of at-risk patients and

providing emergency rescue units with the

person's exact location," he said. "I also see great

potential for Digital Angel in the area of

'location-aware' e-commerce. This is a whole

new wireless and Web-enabled frontier in which

a purchaser's actual location is integral to

making a successful sale or providing a

valuable, location-critical service."

In an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily

in March, Zhou expressed his belief that the

implant will be as popular as cell phones and

vaccines.

Digital Angel, said Zhou, "will be a connection

from yourself to the electronic world. It will be

your guardian, protector. It will bring good

things to you."

He added, "We will be a hybrid of electronic

intelligence and our own soul."

Applied Digital Solutions first announced it had

acquired the patent rights to a miniature digital

transceiver in December 1999. Naming the

device Digital Angel, ADS formed

DigitalAngel.net, Inc. to serve as the research

and development unit for the device. Since that

time, ADS has actively promoted the implant,

pointing to what executives and scientists say

are lifestyle benefits of the chip.

"The first market we hope to tap into is a $10

billion agri-industry," said Sullivan. "The FDA

is requiring improved tracking methods for beef

and poultry. The Digital Angel, with its ability

to monitor body functions, can track quality

from the [animal] pens to the supermarket."

The next large market ADS hopes to tap into is

that of preventive medical tracking. Through its

body function tracking capabilities, the Digital

Angel can monitor such functions as body

temperature, heartbeat and specific needs such

as insulin levels. This information can then be

transmitted to a doctor or health-care provider.

"The Digital Angel serves as an advance

warning device, which can help lower the cost

of medical care," commented Sullivan.

However, despite the excitement over an early

working model of this new technology, concerns

have been raised as to personal privacy. With

the integrated technology, a person's location,

health status and other personal data will be

transmitted and available via the Internet.

ADS claims, however, that privacy concerns are

misplaced, since the device can be turned off by

the owner.

Additional concerns have been raised by

Christians, who contend Digital Angel could be

the fulfillment of a biblical prediction found in

the book of Revelation.

Zhou, president of DigitalAngel.net, Inc.,

disagrees.

"I am a Christian, but I don't think [that

argument] makes sense," he told WND in

March. "The purpose of the device is to save

your life and improve the quality of life. There's

no connection to the Bible."

As the technology becomes more commonplace,

the debate, as well as sales, are likely to

continue growing.

"We'll soon be ready to move ahead to the

production-design phase of Digital Angel

geared to specific marketplace applications,"

Sullivan said. "The key message right now is

this: Digital Angel isn't a blue-sky technology.

This is real. Digital Angel breakthrough

technology is here. It's live!"

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