A tech company in Wisconsin has announced that it will become the first business in the US to microchip its employees.
Three Square Market, which designs software for break rooms, says that it is offering to microchip everyone who works there on 1 August but stressed that the programme is optional. It said that it expects over 50 staff to take part.
The chips will allow those who have them to pay for food and drink in the company’s break room, open doors, login to computers and use the copy machine.
They will be implanted underneath the skin between the thumb and forefinger, and will use so-called near-field communications – or NFC – which is the same technology used in contactless credit cards and mobile payments.
The company’s chief executive, Todd Westby, said that the chips would also be used to unlock phones, share business cards and store medical and health information.
“Eventually, this technology will become standardised allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities etc..
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