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Around my neck of the woods, people are starting to develop these things where like when you buy gas, you swipe this little cylinder on your keychain over a little square on the pump and it instantly charges it to your account. Also, you can buy a cellphone cover that does this. You can pay for something,
like in a deli, by swiping your cell phone! It's like a credit card, but no PIN codes, no interest, no limit. I propose putting this technology into vending machines. I know what you're thinking. Why not just put the chips in people's hands? For religious reasons, I don't beleive in that. Why not just make a little elastic band that can be worn around the wrist, with the transponder, that has a skinprint sensor in it, that will only work when it is on s certain person's wrist, and the wrist is attached and alive. It can be removed like a watch. The number 666 is in no way incorperated with this.
Cashless vending machine
http://www.thestand...,1902,23283,00.html
Using mobile phone. Japanese obsession with vending machines. [pottedstu, Oct 13 2001]
How they work
http://www.akadia.c...tml/app-liquid.html
[pottedstu, Oct 13 2001]
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A skinprint sensor for your wrist? I don't think so. Maybe each time it fastens, a little needle pops out and it takes a blood sample. The rest of the technology's here though - see links. |
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Halfbaked - see any Arthur C. Clark book. |
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Funny, I'm not thinking "Why not put chips in people's hands." I'm thinking, "yes, this is inevitable, why does he bother posting it?"
Tells you how different we are. |
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(Don't put chips in my hands. I'll just eat them, and then I have to buy pants another size larger.) |
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