What do you think about micro-chip implants for people? Do you think it will be a required by law for all?
111673
Like the gentleman above, I dread the day, but I fear it is coming. Governments have always used available technology to track and control the citizens. It will be a boon to big business, they will be able to track spending habits, and so much more. The social implications are immeasurable, not to mention the religious "mark of the beast" prophesy. Regardless of personal reason, I believe a significant social segment will resist these implants. I can see a future where this segment will be labled criminal. A little de-ja-vieu for the draft card burners of recent history.
475823
I believe it will take a similar course as electronics and computer technology over the past century, with some of the same benefits as well as consequences.\n\nFirst, don't expect miracles.  Remember people were expecting robots to do and know virtually everything by 2000.  We have progressed a long way, but that was just unrealistic.  I predict nanotechnology within the next 20 years will be comparable to electronics before the discovery of the transistor.\n\nWithin 50 years, I predict something similar to the dot.com boom/bomb.  There will be some very amazing advancements which will spur investment into all kinds of faulty business models.  In the end, a lot of people will lose money but things will settle out at a higher economic level.\n\nAnd as nanotech gets into the hands of common folks, "hackers" will emerge.  I could only make wild guesses on what kind of hacking that would be, but it will be there.  I guarantee that.  Perhaps we will all need to install genetic firewalls to prevent hackers from hijacking our brains! :)
604666
Unfortunately, I have not heard anything about this act actually passing, but if you are right, then we should avoid it at all costs, including guillotines.  \n\nYes, I do believe that we are comming very near to the mark of the beast, and many religious scholars believe that it will be a very deceptive mark like a bar code that will be imposed on us as some sort of convenience to just "scan & go".  A computer chip would be equally sneaky.  I would say that as long as we have not yet witnessed the peace treaty in Isreal or a one world leader, then we are not there yet.  The thing to remember is that the mark of the beast will be on your right hand or forehead.  If they try to get you to put this chip or anything else in either of those places, "SAY NO!"\n\nBy the way, I was watching an episode of CSI Miami a while back and they had girls with these chips implanted just under the skin in their chest.  It was a new form of credit card.  I have no idea if this is similar to the one you are referring to, but it is an interesting concept.\n\nhttp://news.com.com/FAQ+How+Real+ID+will+affect+you/2100-1028_3-5697111.html?tag=st.num\nI just read this article from cnet and it doesn't say anything about this being placed on our bodies.  It is just going to be an ID card like your driver's license, but with more security features.  I think the tracking device will end up being challenged in the courts as unconstitutional, but they have three years to figure that out.  I think that the card itself is pretty harmless, but the database could be a precursor for things to come.
1177820
no.  I'm very concerned about this type of technology because it IS here just waiting to be implemented , but i think it is dangerous.  before long all people would have tracking devices implanted so that your whereabouts could always be known. that's scary.  it would of course start with a good sounding reason...like as a solution to identity theft but the result would be disastrous.  at the risk of being called a conspiracy nut, i do think that this may very well be the "mark of the beast" from revelation without which no one will be able to buy of sell.  no thanks..not for me or mine..i would fight any such attempt to institute this practice.
1168553
I don't think that i would have the implant.We have medical records to show about ourselves,and if it is something really bad of an illness most people wear a medical bracelet to show medics or Doctor's upon arrival anyhow.I think it is great that everyday there is room for improvement with our technology,but somethings are not really in need of such extremity.This is really something you and your loved ones should sit down and discuss if you are truly serious about this issue of such an implant.Best wishes and Good Luck!
1033169
Absolutely not!  A new technology must be experimented and tested before it is given out to the public because you never know if it is safe or not.
844630
The statements are true, and nanotech is currently being used in over 700 commercially available products. One of the primary concerns is that the technology is currently being used without consumer awareness. \nAlternately, the use of some, such as carbon nanotubes for water filtration, needs more research to ensure
1089468
I see the future of telecom tech as far more inter-connected than it is today. Anyone who has a telecom device will be able to advertise their availability to every other device holder on the planet, establish virtual contact which will include all 5 human senses in 4d (real time), and eventually be able to transmit solid objects from one user to another by using the handheld teleportation device.\nRecent tech has only just brought into the fore the second sensory transmission ability, visual, in 2d real time. This trend will simply continue to advance as it has been.
777598
Nanotechnology has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture\never since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book\n"Engines of Creation", where he predicted that nanotechnology\ncould give rise to replicating assemblers, permitting an\nexponential growth of productivity and personal wealth.\n(there's an authorized\ntranscription at `http://www.foresight.org/EOC/index.html.'). See\nalso blue goo, gray goo, nanobot.
11747
Early adopter? No thanks.\n\nI've only got one body and one brain, and I don't have any desire to mess them up with bleeding edge (literally?!) technology. You can't reboot your head if something goes wrong.\n\nHaving said all that, more power to those of you who are willing to risk it. It's just not for me.
631614
Pay them? We have to pay them? You mean I'm supporting those breast implants? I DON"T think so!!! **wags finger**\n\nI'll save my own life thank you very much.
623928
Considering the technology and legal changes in the last 20 years, off the top of my head, I'd say yes.\n\nIs this a specific question, or just general homework.
383148
I think there is a tendency in many to believe that there are faceless individuals with enormous powers as regards the technology to observe other individuals and also with the ability to read minds etc, but in reality, (well at present at least) especially due to the fact there are 6 billion people on the planet, I don't think its feasible, and I don't think these cool observers or whatever you want to call them are really that interested in ordinary people, except, perhaps in order to control the human mind, and the only way that will ever be achieved is when they make it compulsory to have every person (still alive after the constant epidemics and wars that will have killed millions of people, all of which they (the Illuminati and their lot) have created for the purpose of reducing the population in order to control the human mind (their recreational drug of choice) are dead, and there are left just about enough  enough people for them to have their fun sport with), are implanted with microchips.
306920
A whole lot of things!  But it starts with research.\n\nI did a project on the bionic eye, which was a computer that linked directly to the visual cortex and a set of glasses.  It was awesome...the person, blind from birth, could see black and white dots, representing locations, but could not judge depth perception.\n\nI suppose biomedical engineering is going to be used for saving people's lives, like with nanotechnology.  In the works are nano computers that can enter the bloodstream and work as super-white blood cells, for example.  Other uses will be for early detection and diagnosis.  As well, there will be treatments for existing diseases, and hopefully a cure for cancer.\n\nOther possible topics for the future of BM Engin. could be the construction and easy use and application of huge bulky machines, like MRI machines.  There is also the idea of radiation treatment either being improved for precision and accuracy, or if that still is too dangerous it could be replaced by "safer" radiation or no radiatino at all.\n\nGood luck!
523148
Dear Womble,\n\nYou really should ask women how comfortable their breast implants are.\n\nYou will probably hear a lot of answers that would make anybody have second thoughts about implanting silicone anywhere.
1075846
"On the other hand it is possible that human control over the machines may be retained. In that case the average man may have control over certain private machines of his own, such as his car of his personal computer, but control over large systems of machines will be in the hands of a tiny elite -- just as it is today, but with two difference. Due to improved techniques the elite will have greater control over the masses; and because human work will no longer be necessary the masses will be superfluous, a useless burden on the system. If the elite is ruthless the may simply decide to exterminate the mass of humanity. If they are humane they may use propaganda or other psychological or biological techniques to reduce the birth rate until the mass of humanity becomes extinct, leaving the world to the elite. Or, if the elite consist of soft-hearted liberals, they may decide to play the role of good shepherds to the rest of the human race. They will see to it that everyone's physical needs are satisfied, that all children are raised under psychologically hygienic conditions, that everyone has a wholesome hobby to keep him busy, and that anyone who may become dissatisfied undergoes "treatment" to cure his "problem." Of course, life will be so purposeless that people will have to be biologically or psychologically engineered either to remove their need for the power process or to make them "sublimate" their drive for power into some harmless hobby. These engineered human beings may be happy in such a society, but they most certainly will not be free. They will have been reduced to the status of domestic animals."\n\n(click the link to discover the author of this quote)
536434
I believe in the power of science. It can only help us through so much in so little time. But now that the microchip (that is inserted below the skin of a human being) has been invented, which can help us with our daily activities such as flipping through television channels, remembering passwords of different electronic devices or websites, or just pass by the counter with your groceries, the chip inside you will be scanned and the money that you're supposed to pay will already be charged through your bank account (soon). \n\nThere are so many things science can do to help us make our lives easier so yes, I do believe in clones. Although they're not a good alternatives of the biological/original us, we could always await whatever's going to happen in the near future.