VeriChip

VeriChip is an injectable identification chip manufactured by Applied Digital Solutions. It can be inserted under the skin of a human-being or animal to provide biometric verification. VeriChip is about the size of a grain of rice. It holds an identification number, an electromagnetic coil for transmitting data, and a tuning capacitor; the components are enclosed inside a silicon and glass-container that is compatible with human tissue. The chip uses wireless transmission technology similar to the injectable ID chips used by animal shelters to tag pets, and can be read by a proprietary scanner up to four feet away.

VeriChip was originally intended to function in much the same way a medical alert bracelet does by giving medical personnel life-saving information about a patient's history. It is now being used for security and automated data collection, as well as medical purposes. Theoretically, a GPS-enabled chip could make it possible for individuals to be physically located by latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, and direction of movement. If widely deployed, implantable GPS devices could conceivably allow authorities to locate missing persons and/or fugitives and those who fled from a crime scene.

Critics contend, however, that the technology could lead to political repression as governments could use implants to track and persecute human rights activists, labor activists, civil dissidents, and political opponents; criminals and domestic abusers could use them to stalk and harass their victims; and child abusers could use them to locate and abduct children.

Chip-chan believes that a police-officer nicknamed "P" has implanted a VeriChip into the skin of her foot and eyebrow. Through the chip he can control her thoughts and her ability to quickly fall in and out of consciousness. She believes that this chip has caused her to have no dreams since 2008, as well as other health issues.