Have you ever lost your keys or forgotten a password? CCTV's Chris Casquejo introduces us to one man who says you don't need them. He's building on an increasingly common technology to challenge the way humans live.
In 2005, 37-year-old Amal Graafstra decided to implant himself with two rice-grain-sized radio frequency identification, or RFID chips based on a simple premise. |
With a wave of his hand. Amal Graafstra can unlock the door to his house. Even his car has a keyless entry system, without a remote.
In 2005, the 37-year-old decided to implant himself with two rice-grain-sized radio frequency identification, or RFID chips based on a simple premise.
"Authorization to get into a place is really built on identity, not having a key that's secure," Amal Graafstra said.
The chips aren't visible under his skin and Graafstra says he doesn't even feel them.
"Implanting yourself with an RFID tag is a process that takes less than a minute," MT. Vernon Chris Casquejo said.
In 2005, 37-year-old Amal Graafstra decided to implant himself with two rice-grain-sized radio frequency identification, or RFID chips based on a simple premise. |
Graafstra has successful built prototypes that allow the implanted R-F-I-D chip to communicate with smartphones, share contact details with friends and even open doors. The technology is called NFC, or near-field communication. Graafstra's next step: Crowd funding.
"One of the things we're working on is continuing the development in the NFC space, to create a secure storage medium for Bitcoin wallet addresses, private encryption keys, that kind of stuff," Amal Graafstra said.
Hsuan-hua Chang created a blog called "Everyday NFC" and wrote a book by the same name.
She doesn't believe human RFID chip implants are very practical.
"The technology changes so fast. If a next-generation tag or chip came out, if you use implants, you have to do another transition for the technology. It's just feels like it's not very convenient," Author "Evertday NFC" Hsuan-Hua Chang said.
But Graafstra does see a future for RFID implants and a market. He's already sold more than 500 self-implant kits online.
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