Things that make us go … hmmmmm

A Swedish company, called Epicenter, has taken the bold step of implanting its employees with microchips

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It had to happen somewhere, but who would have guessed it would happen in Sweden? A company based in Stockholm, called Epicenter, has taken the bold step of implanting its employees with microchips so they can “better interact with their office environment”.

The implants, which are the size of a grain of rice, are implanted in the workers’ hands and act as a sort of in-built swipe card.

The cyborgs – sorry, employees – can then use the chips to do things such as open doors, operate the printers (something we still can’t manage here at TMR) and purchase canned herrings from the office vending machines – all with a wave of the hand.

So far, more than 150 of the company’s personnel have dismissed lingering privacy and security concerns and agreed to have themselves chipped.

Epicenter’s management argues the technology is little different from having a health device, such as a pacemaker implanted – and maybe they are right.

Then again, it’s still something that makes us go … hmmmm.