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WHEREVER YOU GO, I'LL BE WATCHING YOU DEPARTMENT -
Human ID Implant to be Unveiled Soon
By JoAnn Kohlbrand and Julie Foster
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, 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 said. "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."
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."
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.
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