Implanting a chip in the body may sound like something out of a movie, but it really exists in reality, and it’s much more common than we think! A man in Missouri, USA, recently shared his troubles about having a chip implanted on an online platform.
The man’s name is Zi Teng Wang and he is a magician. According to him,A few years ago, in order to improve his performance, he implanted an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip into the tiger's mouth of his palm..
He envisioned it being a cool experience.
As long as you put your hand close to the audience's mobile phone, some interesting things will pop up on the mobile phone, and the unaware audience will really think that they have witnessed "magic".
However, it was only after he installed the chip that he discovered that the magic effect was not very good.
In order for the audience's mobile phones to read the contents of the chip, the magician's hand has to be attached to the mobile phone many times. The action does not look cool or mysterious enough. The key is that many people turn off the RFID reading function of the mobile phone, resulting in not every magic performance being successful.
After thinking about it again, he decided to give up this magic prop.
In order to make the chip appear to have some value, he rewritten the chip so that it linked to an emoticon on the website, at least he could still use it to tease strangers.
He also joked to himself: If you have the chance to meet me one day, you might as well try to scan this chip and see this emoticon.
Then the matter fell into disuse. One day a few years later, he suddenly remembered that he still had a chip. When he logged in on a whim, he found that the link to the emoticon package was invalid.I want to change to a new link, but I have forgotten the initial password..
This means that he can no longer reuse the chip in his body unless the password is found.
A friend of his who is engaged in technology told him that the only way to retrieve the password is to "brute force crack":Strap an RFID reader to your palm for a few days or even weeks and try every possible combination.
Because of this incident, the man became synonymous with "funny" on the Internet, and even he himself "laughed" at himself.
"I created a cyborg device myself, but in the end I couldn't use it because I forgot the password. It's really my fault."
You can become a biohacker for $200
People who have chips implanted in their bodies are called "biohackers". The brain-computer interface that is often heard in the news is also one of them, and it has not yet become popular.
In reality, biohacking technology is actually very close to us.
The more common chips are generally only the size of a grain of rice, and the cost of implantation is generally between US$150-400 (some companies need to pay annual data access fees). Most of them are in the hand, and they have many functions.
When paying, just raise your hand and swipe to complete the payment; when you get home, wave your hand in front of the smart lock and it will automatically unlock; in addition to unlocking, the chip can also open computers, drive cars, transfer and store files, and can even embed other things in your hand, such as magnets, to make it easier to look cool and find things.
Different chips have different functions, so a group of transhumanists who are keen on DIY were born.
Software engineer Ben Workman has a total of 4 chips in his hands, namely RFID chip, NFC chip, Tesla car key and a magnet. He feels that his life is more convenient;
Magician Anastasia Synn won the Guinness World Record for having 52 chips in her body. Its functions are even more comprehensive, and the magnets are considered ordinary.
The most interesting thing isHer husband's ashes at her heart, a chip that automatically plays her wedding video when scanned, and a chip on her wrist that can call her daughter directly.
Of course, not all chips are "icing on the cake", some exist to make up for physical defects.
For example, Neil Harbison, the world's first publicly recognized cyborg, was born color blind. With the help of an anonymous doctor, heThere is an extra "antenna" on the head, with it, he can understand this colorful world.
It is worth mentioning that the functions of implanted chips look cool, but they also face many risks.
The first is the health risk, after all, it is placed in the body. Secondly, as electronic products, they may also face chip company bankruptcy, website failure, data leakage, etc. Daily life will also be affected. If you are sick, you will definitely not be able to use equipment such as MRI.
Therefore, scientists are still quite controversial about this technology, and they have repeatedly reminded people to be cautious and ask themselves: Do you really need this function? Do you really not regret it?