Houston Chronicle

10/13/04

The Food and Drug Administration approved today an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care. VeriChips, radio frequency microchips the size of a grain of rice, have already been used to identify wayward pets and livestock. And nearly 200 people working in Mexico's attorney general's office have been implanted with chips to access secure areas containing sensitive documents...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2845723


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp