Forgetting computer passwords is a common hassle, but there’s a solution literally at your fingertips – in the form of a chip implanted under the skin of your hand.
With just a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur from Vancouver, Canada, unlocks his front door. Another wave connects him to his computer. The radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip implanted under Graafstra’s skin takes care of everything.
This RFID chip, costing around $2, interacts with a device installed in computers and other electronic devices. The chip is activated when it comes within 7.6 cm of a device known as a reader, which reads the data on the chip to determine whether to operate the machine. The price for this reader starts at $50 and up.
Although the cost isn’t cheap, Graafstra believes that chip implantation will become more popular in the future because everyone wants to have their own “abracadabra” magic at their fingertips.
