[explorer]

Originally Posted by teeituptom

Of course they will be made out of titanium or plastic or the like

You might look into "Bio Chips" , these won't burn because they simulate an actual living organism.

[ascnbe]

It seems that regardless of the good intent of any new technology the potential is always there for a less honorable usage. It would be great to have an implantable chip that could be ID and credit card, etc. all rolled into one. The problem is that it would be used to decrease personal freedom. How long before they could track you and know your every step. We have satellites now that can read a car license plate.
If your child was lost you would beg for him/her to have one that could be tracked. If you were hiding from an abusive husband, you would cut it out of your own arm. There are companies now that track information so you can find out a persons police record, credit report, and medical history before you hire them, or date them, etc. Every day we lose freedom in the name of convenience. The grocery stores are all using discount shopper cards now. They use those to track your purchases and sell the information. If you want to scare yourself contact a list broker and find out the types of lists available for marketing, just to get an idea of how closely we are all monitered by income, spending, marital status. Imagine if they had access to such a chip. It isn't the beneficial uses of such devices that worries me, it is the scary CIA type tracking stuff "done for my own protection" that concerns me. 20 years ago you would have been deeply offended if someone said they had to analyze your bodily fluids before you could have a job. Now we all accept random drug screening as being for our best interest. What will be done 20 years from now to protect us?