Wisconsin Company To Implant Microchips In Employees
Wisconsin Company To Implant Microchips In Employees
July 22, 2017 07:24 AM
A Wisconsin company is about to become the first in the
U.S. to offer microchip implants to its employees.
Yes, you read that right. Microchip implants.
"It's the next thing that's inevitably going to
happen, and we want to be a part of it," Three Square Market Chief
Executive Officer Todd Westby said.
The company designs software for break room markets that
are commonly found in office complexes.
Just as people are able to purchase items at the market
using phones, Westby wants to do the same thing using a microchip implanted
inside a person's hand.
"We'll come up, scan the item," he explained,
while showing how the process will work at an actual break room market kiosk.
"We'll hit pay with a credit card, and it's asking to swipe my proximity
payment now. I'll hold my hand up, just like my cell phone, and it'll pay for
my product."
More than 50 Three Square Market employees are having the
devices implanted starting next week. Each chip is about the size of a single
grain of rice.
Along with purchasing market kiosk items, employees will
be able to use the chip to get into the front door and log onto their
computers.
Each chip costs $300 and the company is picking up the
tab. They're implanted between a person's thumb and forefinger. Westby added
the data is both encrypted and secure.
"There's no GPS tracking at all," he said.
No one who works at Three Square Market is required to
get the chip implant.
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