Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand.
Three Square Market (3SM) claims to be the first US company providing microchipping as an option for employees.
Volunteers will have an RFID chip the size of a rice grain implanted between their thumb and forefinger, which will allow them to carry out a wide array of different activities at the company headquarters.
The free procedure would effectively turn them into cyborgs ? beings with both organic and electronic body parts. 3SM expects over 50 staff members to take part.
"We foresee the use of RFID technology to drive everything from making purchases in our office break room market, opening doors, use of copy machines, logging into our office computers, unlocking phones, sharing business cards, storing medical/health information, and used as payment at other RFID terminals," said 32M CEO, Todd Westby. RFID technology ? short for Radio-Frequency Identification ? uses electromagnetic fields to read information stored electronically on the implanted microchip, which is similar to those found in contactless credit cards and mobile phones. The process, known as near-field communication (NFC), works when the chip is a few centimetres away from a compatible device.

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