Industry will save us...

**mashman** · 10th April 2010, 12:55

Originally Posted by bogan

Couldnt be bothered watching the articles, but I assume its just RFID tag implants? ie need to be scanned by some device to read, or is there monitoring and memory storage in there as well?

The later sounds a bit big brother-ish to me, dont really want other people having access to all that sort of info about me, however if it was an AI that was in control I'd be ok with that. Mind you if a warrent was needed to read such info I see nothing wrong with it either.

Who knows what technology is capable of these days. Not sure of it's use. When it comes into being I doubt anyone will truly know what it does other than the programmers.

Meh... the big brother thing is inevitable. Shame we don't trust anyone enough, to the point where we need laws to protect our "information" from improper use.

**firefighter** · 10th April 2010, 13:31

IMO it would be great to have these with transmitters attached to all prisoners, to remain with them until their death.....(unless of-course they are at some stage found not guilty then they can be removed.)

Imagine the black-market surgery for chip removal!

**bogan** · 10th April 2010, 14:08

Originally Posted by firefighter

IMO it would be great to have these with transmitters attached to all prisoners, to remain with them until their death.....(unless of-course they are at some stage found not guilty then they can be removed.)

Imagine the black-market surgery for chip removal!

Great Idea, though I would imagine there would be no black market for such chip removal, as removal without the correct code will explode the device

or at least alert somebody

**Coldrider** · 10th April 2010, 14:10

Originally Posted by mashman

The chip doesn't have to be intelligent. All of the technology is available today. Some of it is just too big. It's what's done with the data that's gathered that could be of real world use.

a bit set to zero would be of intelligence would it not?

**firefighter** · 10th April 2010, 14:12

Originally Posted by bogan

removal without the correct code will explode the device

Now we're taking!

**mashman** · 10th April 2010, 14:19

Originally Posted by Coldrider

a bit set to zero would be of intelligence would it not?

I would have thought No, because it has to carry out it's programming?

**Coldrider** · 10th April 2010, 14:21

How does it know it is a zero then?

**mashman** · 10th April 2010, 14:23

Ok. So why would you create a black market for chip removal? If your intentions where honourable that is?

Chip replication/cloning could be fun though... passing through customs as Her Majesty at the flick of a button on your phone could be a tad confusing for the airport staff...

**bogan** · 10th April 2010, 14:24

Originally Posted by firefighter

Now we're taking!

actually, lets not bother with the chips, lets just explode the prisoners anyway, Death Race anyone?

Originally Posted by Coldrider

a bit set to zero would be of intelligence would it not?

course not, a bit set to zero is no more intelligent than one grain of sand set next to another.

**Coldrider** · 10th April 2010, 14:25

Originally Posted by mashman

Ok. So why would you create a black market for chip removal? If your intentions where honourable that is?

Chip replication/cloning could be fun though... passing through customs as Her Majesty at the flick of a button on your phone could be a tad confusing for the airport staff...

I would create a black market for chip removal so it could be replaced witha RPG