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Epicenter, a Stockholm-based startup, unveiled a new way of carrying around a COVID vaccine passport – in a microchip implanted under your skin.
The implant can be read by any device using the near-field communication (NFC) protocol – technology used for contactless payments and keyless entry systems.
In a video shared by Epicenter, Hannes Sjöblad, chief distribution officer, has the chip in his arm and simply waves a smartphone over it to pull up his vaccination status.
'Implants are very versatile technology that can be used for many different things, and right now it is very convenient to have COVID passport always accessible on your implant, he said in a statement.
Although lockdowns have since eased worldwide, the coronavirus is still running rampant and is mutating into new variants that are harder to stop from spreading.
In this article the distribution officer has it implanted in his arm...and shows how his vaccination status is shown by waving a phone over his arm...
Epicenter's implanted microchip is not a new innovation, as the company has been using it for years – and with its own employees.
In 2015, the company announced it had implanted the microchip in more than 100 of its employees, which allows them to open doors, operate printers, or buy smoothies with a wave of the hand.
The chip is implanted with a simple injection of a syringe and with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee's hand.
When activated by a reader a few inches away, a small amount of data flows between the two devices via electromagnetic waves.
And although the microchip passports are not yet ready for market, it is safe to assume that is how they will be implanted.
Scroll down for the video...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...ip-implant-stores-COVID-vaccine-passport.html
Epicenter, a Stockholm-based startup, unveiled a new way of carrying around a COVID vaccine passport – in a microchip implanted under your skin.
The implant can be read by any device using the near-field communication (NFC) protocol – technology used for contactless payments and keyless entry systems.
In a video shared by Epicenter, Hannes Sjöblad, chief distribution officer, has the chip in his arm and simply waves a smartphone over it to pull up his vaccination status.
'Implants are very versatile technology that can be used for many different things, and right now it is very convenient to have COVID passport always accessible on your implant, he said in a statement.
Although lockdowns have since eased worldwide, the coronavirus is still running rampant and is mutating into new variants that are harder to stop from spreading.
In this article the distribution officer has it implanted in his arm...and shows how his vaccination status is shown by waving a phone over his arm...
Epicenter's implanted microchip is not a new innovation, as the company has been using it for years – and with its own employees.
In 2015, the company announced it had implanted the microchip in more than 100 of its employees, which allows them to open doors, operate printers, or buy smoothies with a wave of the hand.
The chip is implanted with a simple injection of a syringe and with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee's hand.
When activated by a reader a few inches away, a small amount of data flows between the two devices via electromagnetic waves.
And although the microchip passports are not yet ready for market, it is safe to assume that is how they will be implanted.
Scroll down for the video...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...ip-implant-stores-COVID-vaccine-passport.html