Comments on: Microsoft Kind of Freaks Me Out With New Patent http://blog.kbsweb.com/microsoft-kind-of-freaks-me-out-with-new-patent/ Techmology Bits Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremy Scott http://blog.kbsweb.com/microsoft-kind-of-freaks-me-out-with-new-patent/#comment-1435 Jeremy Scott Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:11:44 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=218#comment-1435 You're joking... but those things are going to happen. Parents can already get GPS chips imbedded in their kids' shoes or bookbags...skin can't be far behind. And the SpeedPass at Exxon is only one step away from some chip in my wrist. Most likely, we'll have all our banking information eventually tied to our biometrics, so I can buy groceries with an iris scan or a thumbprint. But this patent from Microsoft goes beyond all that a bit. Makes me think of Minority Report, where everyone's eyes were their identities...and the main character had a tough time hiding from the cops because his eyes kept getting scanned everywhere he went. Very Big Brother-like. You’re joking… but those things are going to happen. Parents can already get GPS chips imbedded in their kids’ shoes or bookbags…skin can’t be far behind. And the SpeedPass at Exxon is only one step away from some chip in my wrist.

Most likely, we’ll have all our banking information eventually tied to our biometrics, so I can buy groceries with an iris scan or a thumbprint.

But this patent from Microsoft goes beyond all that a bit. Makes me think of Minority Report, where everyone’s eyes were their identities…and the main character had a tough time hiding from the cops because his eyes kept getting scanned everywhere he went. Very Big Brother-like.

]]> By: Jason http://blog.kbsweb.com/microsoft-kind-of-freaks-me-out-with-new-patent/#comment-1434 Jason Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:15:59 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=218#comment-1434 Cool! Can I get a chip imbedded in my arm that tracks where I go and a bar code in my finger for tracking my purchases? Sheesh--what's next? Jason Cool! Can I get a chip imbedded in my arm that tracks where I go and a bar code in my finger for tracking my purchases? Sheesh–what’s next?

Jason

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