The Department of Defense wants to build an implantable bio-chip to relay health information in the event of a trauma. Would you get one.. knowing that it could save your life?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070730-16373500-bc-us-biochip.xml
For those that are going to jump to doomsday prophecy.. it doesn't say anything about tracking.. for all we know from the information given it would only be readable inside the hospital.. there's just no info to say one way or the other. Now that's not to say I'll be in the line. I am curious to everyone's thoughts on this though.
2007-07-30 10:30:24 · 14 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
What's wrong with a secure internet site - they have no problem building and maintaining such sites for the DoD and the CIA - why not for the average everyday citizen.
2007-07-30 10:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, the article you provided says its for soldiers wounded in battle. Its a good idea to have all medical info on hand. One good idea would be to track a soldier with GPS in case they are captured. These are positives. As far as a dooms day prophecy, people have been expecting the end of the world for a thousand years now. What do you think the people thought on December 31, 659 A.D.? But we could make sure that the implant doesn't stay in the soldier once his duty is over.
2007-07-30 10:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it interesting that this is a DoD initiative rather than Health and Human Services. If I were someone medically disposed to benefit from this information being trackable - and if it were entirely my own choice - I would say it's a good idea. But that pesky DoD interest is getting in the way... regardless of where these chips are planned NOW to be readable, it's very easy to render them readable everywhere.
2007-07-30 10:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many soldiers are injured any where near an emergency room? There has to be some sort of transport of information feature. If they can read this in the ER they can use it to track. That is a no brainer. I am more prone to having temporary chips for soldiers in combat. If they are captured, we can locate them. I'm not too keen on the civilian use of this product though.
2007-07-30 10:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think it is an useful advance in technology but many will resisted it for various reasons, the same mentality that would make the quote 'if God meant men to fly, he would have given them wings'.
technology itself has not attributes for good or evil, that is reserved for who is using it for what.
eye glasses allowed people to see more clearly, contacts gave them more convenience now laser surgery restores it, all these work for the good and enhance our lives. heart pacemakers keep many ppl alive and transplants are wonderful. technology!
i would be for a chip that provides critical information and i would not be opposed to people getting 'chipped' to be able to locate them in the event that they go missing or become injured and cannot seek help.
we have thousands go missing each day..if they had some way to track them, how many lives could be saved most of them women and children..we do it for our pets...
i say 'chip' the sexual predators, save lives...but they will be the doomsayers who say this will be 'the mark of the beast' and the ACLU who will say it destroyed our civil liberties.
again i say it isn't technology that is bad, just how you chose to use it...and there will always be some who will find a way to use it for their criminal activities as they have the phone, i.e. dreaded telemarketers...but we should not discard it because of them.
2007-07-30 10:51:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think for soldiers this is a great idea. It would also be helpful to patients with emergency health issues. As long as it's a choice it's fine. What scares me is that, one day, the government will force everyone, at birth, by law, to have one of these and will use safety and security as the excuse.
2007-07-30 10:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by skullklipz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Can I also link it to my credit cards so that I can be the only person to use them? I think this is another great use for these chips.
2007-07-30 10:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a viable option and a lifesaver to trauma patients.
2007-07-30 10:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by Glen B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, if the Department of Defense wants to do it, its not my well being that they are interested in.
2007-07-30 10:42:59 · answer #9 · answered by cheri b 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Heeeeellllll Noooooooooooooo!!!! *sm*
2007-07-30 10:54:17 · answer #10 · answered by LadyZania 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋