
Nicholas West
Activist Post
Once again, it seems that
yesterday's conspiracy theory is today's news.
However, the
signposts have been there all along. Microchip implants to
track pets
and livestock and
the elderly are now widely
available, while
microchipping kids is not far off.
Extensive animal testing has been
conducted on monkeys to enable them to control devices
via brain-computer interface. Edible
"smart pill" microchips have been embraced as a way to
correctly monitor patient dosages and vital signs.
In the name of health
and security - always the dynamic duo for
introducing the next level of
science fiction into everyday reality - a new wirelessly powered implant a
fraction the size of a penny, as seen above, promises to offer a whole new ease
of medical monitoring and drug delivery.
Futurist and a
director of engineering,
Ray Kurzweil, has discussed at
length the imminent Human Body 2.0, which will incorporate medical nanobots that
that can deliver drugs to specific cells and also identify certain genetic
markers by using fluorescent labeling. Once these nanobots have entered the
body, Kurzweil indicates that they could then connect our brains directly to
Cloud computing systems. Most significantly, Kurzweil states:
It will be an incremental process, one already
well under way. Although version 2.0 is a grand project, ultimately resulting
in the radical upgrading of all our physical and mental systems, we will
implement it one benign step at a time. Based on our current knowledge,
we can already touch and feel the means for accomplishing each aspect of this
vision. (emphasis added) [Source]
The wireless microchip is
one of those "benign" steps. Using
a technology called "mid-field wireless transfer" researchers from Stanford, as
reported in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, seem to
have solved the problem of how to provide a low-consumption power source that
can wirelessly recharge implantable microchips. They cite a range of
benefits:
(The)work could lead to programmable microimplants
like sensors that monitor vital functions, electrostimulators that alter
neural signals in the brain, and drug delivery systems that apply medicine
directly where needed. All without the bulk of batteries and recharging
systems required today.
[...]
So far, the wireless charging system has been tested
in a pig and also used to power a pacemaker in a rabbit. The next step is
human trials. Should those prove successful, it will likely take a few
years before the system is authorized for commercial usage. (emphasis added)
[Source]
To those who have not looked into
the issue of microchipped humans, this might sound all well and good within the
realm of medicine. However, if we have learned one thing about sci-tech, it
always has a tendency to spread - especially in an age of ubiquitous
surveillance amid "security threats" of every stripe.
We can see
the propaganda push beginning within corporate media that, indeed, microchips
will not be limited in scope. As reported by Michael Snyder, a recent BBC
article entitled
"Why I Want a Microchip Implant"
hides nothing in where this is all likely to lead:
Ultimately, implanted microchips offer a way to
make your physical body machine-readable. Currently, there is no single
standard of communicating with the machines that underpin society – from
building access panels to ATMs – but an endless diversity of identification
systems: magnetic strips, passwords, PIN numbers, security questions, and
dongles. All of these are attempts to bridge the divide between your digital
and physical identity, and if you forget or lose them, you are suddenly cut
off from your bank account, your gym, your ride home, your proof of ID, and
more. An implanted chip, by contrast, could act as our universal identity
token for navigating the machine-regulated world. (emphasis
added)
Beyond the clear privacy and health implications of literally
opening up your body
to security breaches - as all
computerized systems are now known to have gaping holes - there is the question
of radiation. The Stanford researchers insist that this "breakthrough discovery
in wireless power requires roughly as much energy as a cell phone and exposes
subjects to radiation levels well below the threshold for human safety," but an
increasing number of studies show that cell phones and wireless technology are a
grave threat to human health. Here are some of those sources:
And not only a threat to humans. It is
now being shown that
birds lose their internal compass in environments
polluted with various electromagnetic fields. It is also commonly thought that
bees, dolphins and other animals are
highly
sensitive to electromagnetic radiation.
Lastly, we can never
discount the role of the military anywhere within science, as most of what we
see trickle into the consumer realm comes from military-funded labs like those
at DARPA. And what we see there is not very comforting.
The U.S. military
has been looking for ways to create super soldiers who are
resistant to diseases and bioattacks through
microchipping. Then we have DARPA's investigations into Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation as a form of
remote mind control that would be made vastly easier
through a tiny wireless brain implant.
One thing is for certain, Ray
Kurzweil's Human Body 2.0 is being worked on as we speak. The only thing left to
wonder is who will be in control of it?
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