A Swedish company, DSruptive Subdermals, specializing in microchip implants, has adapted its technology to offer its users to have their sanitary pass under the skin. For several years, the use of subcutaneous chips has been commonplace in Sweden, especially in high-tech companies where “chip” employees pass through security gates or make photocopies with a simple wave of the hand, without a badge. In the midst of the Covid wave, and while many countries require the health pass, the engineers of this start-up have therefore decided to have the vaccine passport "in the skin". “It's always accessible to me or anyone else who really wants to read me. For example if I go to the cinema or to a shopping center,people will be able to read my status even if I don't have my phone with me, ”says Hannes Sjoblad, director of DSruptive Subdermals, while demonstrating on his forearm.
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The chip, about the size of a large grain of rice, is implanted in the arm or between the thumb and forefinger of the hand.
It works without a battery and does not transmit a signal.
It is only activated when touched with a telephone or reader equipped with NFC (Near fiel communications) technology.
“This means that it cannot be activated to know the position of the person wearing it,” explains its designer.
And what is important for me is that the people who receive these implants do so on a voluntary basis, they are curious, they want to work with these new technologies ”, he explains again.
