"compulsory-voting laws" Interesting, enforcement must be really burdensome on the court system. With thousands of possible excuses it has to be a pain for a judge to hear and pass judgement on them.
Microchip Implants for Employees? One Company Says Yes
"A fix for what’s not broken: why Australia doesn’t need voter ID"
By MAGGIE ASTORJULY 25, 2017
Jowan Osterlund of Biohax with one of the company’s implantable microchips. Three Square Market, a company in Wisconsin, is partnering with Biohax to offer the chips to employees. Credit James Brooks/Associated Press
At first blush, it sounds like the talk of a conspiracy theorist: a company implanting microchips under employees’ skin. But it’s not a conspiracy, and employees are lining up for the opportunity.
On Aug. 1, employees at Three Square Market, a technology company in Wisconsin, can choose to have a chip the size of a grain of rice injected between their thumb and index finger. Once that is done, any task involving RFID technology — swiping into the office building, paying for food in the cafeteria — can be accomplished with a wave of the hand.
The program is not mandatory, but as of Monday, more than 50 out of 80 employees at Three Square’s headquarters in River Falls, Wis., had volunteered.
IT may sound like sci-fi, but hundreds of Australians are turning themselves into super-humans who can do things with the wave of the hand.
Emma Reynolds@emmareyn August 25, 20168:32am
VIDEO: Why I implanted a microchip in my hand
IT may sound like sci-fi, but hundreds of Australians are turning themselves into super-humans who can unlock doors, turn on lights and log into computers with a wave of the hand.
How much are we willing to lose to make living more streamlined for business profit. I enjoy opening a door, putting a card into an ATM, and the card back into a wallet. Would hate to lose so many of life's little physical pleasures.