Wisconsin – Three Square Market celebrated implanting microchips in their employees Tuesday with a ‘chip party’.
The RFID chip will allow people to log into computers, open doors and purchase snacks from vending machines. CREEPY. The company claims that the chips do not have GPS tracking capability. Sure…
WBay reports:
Three Square Market has received international attention since it announced the voluntary microchip program, believed to be the first of its kind in the United States.
The microchip program is voluntary. If willing, employees allow the company to implant a Radio-Frequency Identification chip between the thumb and forefinger.
The RFID chip will open doors, log in to computers, and make purchases from vending machines. The technology is similar to mobile pay services like Apple Pay and Google Wallet.
Three Square Market assures employees that they will not be able to track them because the chip does not have GPS. Data on the microchip is encrypted.
The company says the chip is FDA approved. It is removed “similar to a splinter.”
A reporter from our Milwaukee partner station WISN is covering the “chip party.” Tim Elliott had a chip implanted and tweeted that it “hurt a bit … like a mean pinch.”
A closer look at the microchip! Lots of national & international media here to see employees get chipped. They’re calling it a “chip party”! pic.twitter.com/jmLdF9owET
— Tim Elliott (@WISN_Tim) August 1, 2017
Guess who got microchipped!? Hurt a bit. Not too bad. Like a mean pinch. @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/GMVVJoAC4e
— Tim Elliott (@WISN_Tim) August 1, 2017
Media at the employee microchipping event in River Falls! pic.twitter.com/4zkVdBL0Rf
— Tim Elliott (@WISN_Tim) August 1, 2017
Got my microchip at Blue Square Market in River Falls! Sorry for the somewhat graphic pic. Hurt for a second but feels fine now! @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/ndNvPNkwH8
— Tim Elliott (@WISN_Tim) August 1, 2017
Photos: Tim Elliott Twitter