A few months ago, I wrote a negative blog about the firm VeriChip—a company which manufactures microchips for implanting in human beings for health (implanted medical records) and security (in lieu of company IDs) purposes. I recently came across an article that says that the company is developing a microchip that is to be used as an early warning system for many potential diseases (e.g., viruses). Just think of all the health costs that could be saved if each person could detect an oncoming illness when it could be “nipped in the bud” in its early stage. Here’s a technology … Continue reading Mark of the Bug, or Mark of the Beast?