What is a Microchip Implant?
A microchip implant is a small electronic circuit which is designed to be implanted into the body. The circuit is usually covered in a housing which will not react with the body or break down with use, protecting the chip inside for the lifetime of the wearer. A wide variety of information can be encoded on the microchip, ranging from data about allergies to identifying information. Microchip implants have not been without controversy, especially among people who are concerned about the potential for government tracking of human beings. Microchip implants were first used in animals. An animal microchip implant can be used in a pet to ensure that the animal can be identified even if it loses its collar and tags, and microchips can also be used to identify and manage livestock, along with animals such as racehorses. Human microchip implants for medical use have been released by several companies, and some researchers have also experimented with microchip implants which interact with the
A microchip implant is an identifying integrated circuit based on RFID (Radio frequency identification) technology. This technology works by storing identification information on a silicon chip that is detectible via an antenna in the chip using radio waves emitted from a scanner. In Europe chips operate at 134.2 kHz frequency and can only be detected by scanners operating on this frequency or above frequency of 125 kHz operated by the USA. The chip used for animals is known as a passive tag these tags have no internal power source and run solely on the minute electrical current induced into the antenna within the microchip by the incoming radio frequency transmitted from the scanner. The current is just enough for the chips antenna to send back a signal with the chips information. The microchip itself is about the size of a large grain of rice that is placed under the skin of an animal using a syringe type device that is commonly administered by a vet. What are they used for? Microchi
The current, in use, microchip implant system is actually a fairly simple device. Todays, biochip implant is basically a small (micro) computer chip, inserted under the skin, for identification purposes. The biochip implant system consists of two components; a transponder and a reader or scanner. The transponder is the actual biochip implant. The biochip system is a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, using low-frequency radio signals to communicate between the biochip and reader. The reading range or activation range, between reader and biochip is small, normally between 2 and 12 inches. Note, we are only examining the implanted “biochips”, there are many other RFID microchip systems available (such as RFID tags). The transponder: The transponder is the actual biochip implant. It is a passive transponder, meaning it contains no battery or energy of it’s own. In comparison, an active transponder would provide its own energy source, normally a small battery. Because the passiv
