On July 24th 2017, a technology company called Three Square Market, in River Falls, Wisconsin, announced that it will soon begin offering its employees the option of having chips implanted beneath their skin. The company's CEO, Todd Westby says that the chips will allow his employees to buy snack food items from the break room without using cash, coins, or credit cards. The chips will also be able to open doors and unlock computers.
Three Square Market, is a company that makes software that is used in vending machines, and is also known as 32M. On August 1st 2017 it will allow 50 of its employees to voluntarily have the new chips implanted. The chip uses a technology called RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification. Each participating employee will have a chip implanted between their thumb and fore finger by means of injection. Each implant is roughly the size and length of a grain of rice.
The chips are the product of a company called Biohax International which is based in Sweden. The price tag is $300 each, with Three Market Square picking up the fee. All participating employees have been assured that the chips are not GPS capable.... yet.
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