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The Department of Defense is planning to implant microchips in soldiers' brains for monitoring their health information, and has already awarded a $1.6 million contract to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable "biochip".
Soldiers fear that the biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, which measures and relays information on soldiers vital signs 24 hours a day, can be used to put them under surveillance even when they are off duty.
...Clemson scientists have formulated a gel that mimics human tissue and reduces the chances of the body rejecting the biochip, which has been a problem in the past.
The researcher predicts the biochip is five years away from human trials, and the DoD could start implanting microchips in soldiers bodies soon after.
Originally posted by JBurns
Soldiers in the military are there by their own free will. If they sign up, and part of their contract is having those chips implanted, then no one has any right to complain about it. It's the exact same thing as people complaining about employers being able to require drug tests. If you don't like the policy of your employer, quit (or in their case don't enlist)!
[edit on 8/4/2007 by JBurns]
COMMAND "Set rifles to KILL"
EXECUTE
Originally posted by prototism
Could the alleged "Shadow Government" finally be taking the steps to amass its personal military?
Forget an invasion of privacy and freedom in the present day, this could very well be a preliminary step in the plans for a future global military coup.
COMMAND "Set rifles to KILL"
EXECUTE
[edit on 8/6/2007 by prototism]