One in four Germans wants a big brother microchip implanted under skin
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One in four Germans wants a big brother microchip implanted under skin
* From: AFP
* March 02, 2010 1:16AM
IT SOUNDS like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a big brother microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it.
The survey, conducted by German IT industry lobby group BITKOM, was intended to show how the division between real life and the virtual world is increasingly coming down.
In all, 23 per cent of around 1000 respondents in the survey said they would be prepared to have a chip inserted under their skin "for certain benefits".
Around one in six (16 per cent) said they would wear an implant to allow emergency services to rescue them more quickly in the event of a fire or accident.
Five per cent of people said they would be prepared to have an implant to make their shopping go more smoothly.
But 72 per cent said they would not "under any circumstances" allow electronics in their body.
The results appeared to surprise even the high-tech sector.
"This is of course an extreme example of how far people can imagine networks going," BITKOM chief August-Wilhelm Scheer said.
The CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, throws its doors open to the public today, with Spain, the current EU president, this year's guest of honour.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero were due to speak later Monday in an official opening ceremony before touring the exhibition.
A total of 4,157 firms from 68 countries are to unveil their latest gadgets, a decline of three per cent on last year as many high-tech firms stay away amid strong competition from other events.
One in four Germans wants a big brother microchip implanted under skin
* From: AFP
* March 02, 2010 1:16AM
IT SOUNDS like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a big brother microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it.
The survey, conducted by German IT industry lobby group BITKOM, was intended to show how the division between real life and the virtual world is increasingly coming down.
In all, 23 per cent of around 1000 respondents in the survey said they would be prepared to have a chip inserted under their skin "for certain benefits".
Around one in six (16 per cent) said they would wear an implant to allow emergency services to rescue them more quickly in the event of a fire or accident.
Five per cent of people said they would be prepared to have an implant to make their shopping go more smoothly.
But 72 per cent said they would not "under any circumstances" allow electronics in their body.
The results appeared to surprise even the high-tech sector.
"This is of course an extreme example of how far people can imagine networks going," BITKOM chief August-Wilhelm Scheer said.
The CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, throws its doors open to the public today, with Spain, the current EU president, this year's guest of honour.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero were due to speak later Monday in an official opening ceremony before touring the exhibition.
A total of 4,157 firms from 68 countries are to unveil their latest gadgets, a decline of three per cent on last year as many high-tech firms stay away amid strong competition from other events.
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