Nathan Cochrane wrote an excellent article for Politech discussing Digital Angel and the patents it holds for implanting chips into animals (and, potentially, humans) and tracking their movements. It's here: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02154.html
Here's Digital Angel's official response: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02162.html Note the current announcement is talking only about wristwatch/leg-cuff-type devices, not implants. ADSX shares fell 6.81 percent today to close at $0.41: http://finance.lycos.com/home/stocks/quotes.asp?symbols=adsx&option= -Declan --- "Technical data": http://www.digitalangel.net/da/tech.asp --- >Digital Angel GPS System Launches First Phase > >Summary: > >Palm Beach, Fla.-based Applied Digital Solutions Inc. now is offering >details of its rollout plan for Digital Angel, which it touts as the >"first-ever combination of advanced biosensor technology and Web-enabled >wireless telecommunications linked to GPS." The first target market >appears to be Florida. The company says that by using advanced biosensor >capabilities, Digital Angel will be able to monitor key body functions, >including temperature and pulse, transmitting that data along with >accurate location information to a ground station or monitoring facility. >Potential applications include locating lost or missing individuals, >locating missing or stolen household pets, monitoring parolees, managing >livestock; pinpointing stolen property and preventing the unauthorized use >of firearms. > >Full Article: > >PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2001-- Applied Digital >Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - news ) today released details of its >much-anticipated rollout plan for Digital Angel(TM), the first-ever >combination of advanced biosensor technology and Web-enabled wireless >telecommunications linked to Global Positioning Systems (GPS). > >As previously announced, the rollout program - which began on November >26th - will enable the company to leverage its first-mover advantage in >what is estimated to be a $70 billion Personal Safeguard Technology >marketplace. > >The comprehensive Digital Angel rollout program includes the following >elements: > >-- Delivery of Digital Angel units, for certain target >demographics. This program, which commenced as planned on >November 26, 2001, involves a systematic product >customization and assessment effort designed to ensure all >Digital Angel products and data delivery requirements are >responsive to each customer's parameters. > >-- An updated and redesigned Digital Angel website with a new >product registration program and product delivery schedule. >Customers can now purchase the full array of Digital Angel >products. Delivery of these units is expected to take from >three to six weeks. > >-- The start of Digital Angel print advertising program, >targeted to the South Florida marketplace. Beginning in mid >December, the advertising program will expand to include >television. The impact of this initial advertising program >will be carefully evaluated to see if it is suitable for use >in other markets as the rollout expands nationally. > >In explaining the company's rollout plans for Digital Angel, Applied >Digital Solutions' Chairman and CEO, Richard Sullivan, said: ``We want to >get Digital Angel products out to customers as quickly as we possibly can. >But we also want to make sure we do this right. We want to make sure our >first Digital Angel customers are not only satisfied with the product, but >absolutely thrilled with it. That means we need to put an emphasis on >customer service and customizing the product to meet each customer's >specific needs. This rollout plan is comprehensive, including advertising >and a new product registration program, but it's also targeted in scope so >we can manage the process and assess what works and what doesn't as we go >along. We're taking this a step at a time, beginning in South Florida - >which has great demographics for us - and then expanding to other markets >in the coming months.'' > >About Digital Angel(TM) > >Digital Angel represents the first-ever combination of advanced biosensor >technology and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications linked to Global >Positioning Systems (GPS). By utilizing advanced biosensor capabilities, >Digital Angel will be able to monitor key body functions - such as >temperature and pulse - and transmit that data, along with accurate >location information, to a ground station or monitoring facility. > >Applied Digital Solutions is exploring a wide range of potential >applications for Digital Angel, including: monitoring the location and >medical condition of at-risk patients; locating lost or missing >individuals; locating missing or stolen household pets; monitoring the >location of certain parolees; managing livestock and other farm-related >animals; pinpointing the location of valuable stolen property; managing >the commodity supply chain; preventing the unauthorized use of firearms; >and providing a tamper-proof means of identification for enhanced >e-commerce security. Digital Angel Corporation has announced a proposed >merger with Medical Advisory Systems. For more information on Digital >Angel, visit www.digitalangel.net. > >About Medical Advisory Systems > >Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. is a global leader in telemedicine that has >operated a 24/7, physician-staffed call center in Owings, MD for nearly 20 >years. Through a worldwide telecommunications network, MAS provides health >care to ships-at-sea and other remote locations, one-on-one ``chats'' with >a physician via the Internet or telephone, as well as medical and >non-medical services for the travel industry. MAS owns a 12% equity >interest in Paris-based CORIS Group, which provides it with the ability to >offer its services in over 30 countries worldwide. For additional >information, visit www.mas1.com. > >About Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. > >Applied Digital Solutions is an advanced digital technology development >company that focuses on a range of early warning alert, miniaturized power >sources and security monitoring systems combined with the comprehensive >data management services required to support them. Through its Advanced >Wireless unit, the Company specializes in security-related data >collection, value-added data intelligence and complex data delivery >systems for a wide variety of end users including commercial operations, >government agencies and consumers. For more information, visit the >company's website at http://www.adsx.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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