As the COVID-19 continues to threaten new variants, having an accessible COVID passport becomes increasingly essential. But, Would you like to deploy it in your hand?
This is one of the uses that DSruptive Subdermals has promoted for its implanted microchips.
The Swedish company, specializing in implantable microelectronics, he wants to use his implants as a medical aid to monitor COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
Use of biochips NFC communications, which allows them to be read by other devices such as phones or specialized readers.
It also means that the microchip can potentially be scanned by anyone with a reading device that approaches you, revealing your data.
The implanted microchips are intended to make daily life more comfortable and are already used by some people to replace keys, access cards and identity cards.
In 2018, the Swedish state railway company even tested biochips as replacements for train tickets.
Amanda Black, manager of Epicenter, a digital hub in Stockholm that has made the chip available to employees in recent years, believes the chip is even more secure than traditional forms of data storage.
“I think it’s part of my own integrity to have a chip and keep my personal data there with me, in fact I feel it’s even more control in my hands to have it in my own hands.” He said.
Another company, Biohax International, which is behind the microchips used by the Swedish railway company, is working with health partners to make their microchips contain health information.
If someone is taken unconscious to the hospital, for example, a simple chip scan can provide clinicians with information about a patient’s pre-existing conditions.