>From Mind Control-L: Mission: Impossible 2 and implants Mission: Impossible 2 shows the IMF (CIA) injecting an agent with an implant transponder for tracking her location. My question: was the film intended to make viewers more used to the idea or for some other purpose? And is there any evidence of government involvement in controlling the film? As we've discussed on this list, this technology is here now. In "Military Involvement in UFO Abductions" ives/mfiles/Military_Involvment_in_UFO_Abductions-Dr._Helmut_Lammer.txt, Dr. Helmut Lammer, referencing a source, says the "smallest transponder has about the size of an uncooked grain of rice. The transponder's tiny electronic circuit is energized by the low-power radio beam sent by a compatible reading device." Cox News Service reported a step beyond that on December 27, 1999 (http://www.stockhelp.net/star.html): a "high-tech tracking device not even George Orwell envisioned: a gizmo slightly smaller than a dime inserted under a person's skin. Palm Beach-based Applied Digital Solutions said that it has acquired the patent for the implant, which it calls the Digital Angel. People who use the transmitter -- powered by the carrier's muscle -- could be tracked by global positioning satellite, the same technology used in some luxury cars and boats." Unfortunately, that bit of mis(dis?)information about GPS, reproduced by newspapers nationwide and on numerous Web sites, tends to make technically knowledgeable people dismiss the whole idea. GPS satellites have no known tracking ability. The chip actually receives the GPS signal, then transmits the person's lat-long location to a receiving system (ground, air or satellite-based), as explained in the following: New Scientist . 01.06.00 http://www.explorezone.com/archives/00_01/06_ns_tracking.htm GPS implants will soon pinpoint people By Kurt Kleiner, New Scientist . 01.06.00 A tracking device designed to be inserted under the skin could allow parents to keep tabs on their children, help courts track offenders or make it easy to find lost hikers. But civil liberties campaigners are already worried that the device might be abused. A prototype, dubbed the Digital Angel, is being developed by Applied Digital Solutions of Florida, which has licensed the technology from another company. "Although we're in the early developmental phase, we expect to come forward with applications in many different areas, from medical monitoring to law enforcement," says Richard Sullivan, ADS's chief executive. The device contains a miniature global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which uses tiny differences in timing signals from satellites to calculate its position on Earth. The device can broadcast this information to a local receiver. It gets its power from a piezoelectric device that converts energy from a person's normal movements into electricity stored in a small battery. The device, which will be the size of a small coin, would be implanted just under the skin. Most of the time it would be inactive. But a mechanical switch--or a timed series of muscular contractions--could trigger it. Even a tune would do the trick. And instead of monitoring GPS signals, the Digital Angel could be designed to monitor a person's vital signs. It will also be possible to trigger the device remotely using a coded radio signal, Sullivan says. This would be useful in the case of a lost child or kidnap victim. And the authorities could activate the Digital Angel to track down a prisoner on the run. Sullivan says his company will have a prototype ready by the end of 2000. But others are sceptical because the technology for a piezoelectric power supply is in its infancy. "You should never say 'never' in today's technological age. But the power management technology we have will not support something like this in the short range," says Ron Bishop, technology vice-president for SOS Wireless Telecommunications, a company in Irvine, California, that sells cellphones designed for emergency use. "I think you could make the parts small enough. But you're going to have to carry around a 12-volt car battery." For civil liberties groups, that might be a good thing. "This kind of stuff has enormous potential for abuse by the authorities, or by anyone who can break into the information," says Emily Whitfield, a spokeswoman for the American Civil Liberties Union. She worries that the devices could become widespread, allowing governments to monitor their citizens. 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