Tag: Wearable Technology

Connected Lifestyles

https://youtu.be/1difufl1h9s The growing popularity of smartphones and tablets has created a mini-industry of app-enabled products, while consumer interest in health has led to a boom in the development of “wearable technology”. STÉPHANE KOGUC, KATHERINE LEVY SPENCER / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP

Microchips implanted under the skin of office workers

At the newly opened Epicenter office complex in central Stockholm, office workers can now open doors and operate the photocopier with a chip implanted in their hands. The so-called RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip is made from Pyrex glass and contains an antenna and microchip, with no need for batteries. Now, instead of identification cards and pass codes, all a worker has to do is wave their hand in front of a sensor. It currently enables […]