Veterinarians implant computer chips into pets and farm animals if they get lost, so some people suggest doing so for children. Though the concept of making things traceable is not new, as we have known chips being implanted in animals for various research and study purposes about thirty years ago. Well, a human getting chipped definitely should be out of his or her own choice especially when the need to get chip implanted is not for a disability reason. It is alright for people who are disabled, in a way not able to function on their own due to some kind of psychological or physical disability. Implanting chips to individuals infringes their privacy, their right to go and do whatever they wish to do without being tracked. People have to forget …show more content…
Thinking about the idea of surgical chip implantation for children is far more over protective and fear inputting, it is like teaching our children that this world is a dangerous place to live. It would rather be better if we leave our children to develop confidence levels to cope with situations that pose dangers of kidnapping. Fearing risks and trying to add protection for children will only restrict the growth and freedom of the child. There could also be psychological implications on the child's growth. Inducing fear factor to children by making arrangements to cover for unforeseen future risks will only hinder the child's confidence in a way. In a situation where a child encounters a kidnap, what if the kidnapper tries to remove the implanted chip from the child in an unsafe way? there can be dangerous consequences like risk of life for the …show more content…
The implant chip is of the size of a rice grain can hold bytes of information about a person's personal to professional credentials like identity, physical characteristics, health, nationality and other important information. A person can unlock his car or house door just by mere proximity of his hand where the chip is implanted. The doctor in the emergency room can gather the person's health records and provide appropriate medical care required at crisis time even if the person is unconscious. Inspite of extensive benefits witnessed from the use of implanted chip, do we really want to gradually destroy our privacy is a personal question again. It depends on individual's own perception, if we want to look at it as invasive technology or intriguing technology. I see the implanted chip's meaningful use mainly in health sector. In 2004 VeriChip Corporation received preliminary approval from the U.S Food and Drug Administration which regulates medical devices for chip implantation for humans to access their health records. The Verichip possess downsides to it such as electrical hazards, adverse tissue reaction and migration of the implanted transponder. I oppose surgical implantation in humans and children for all other means of extra convenience to their lifestyles except for the need to help an individual function
Safire emphasizes his argument around a comparison of a lost dog with a newly developed chip fixed underneath their skin which would let animal shelter alert owner of their pets. He declares that using a chip to find a lost animal would be a good side of technology, whereas fear of terrorism has placed American in threat of trading our right to be let alone for the fake security.
It is a tad bit frightening and alarming to think that the conversations between your child and their toy are being recorded and that real people are hearing it. The company Mattel, responsible for the extremely popular Barbie dolls, have recently launched a new doll but this time it is one who has the ability to speak back to children. Now this may sound appealing at first but upon further investigation, it is revealed that it does so through Wi-Fi connection. In other words, the conversations the child has with the doll are recorded through this voice recognition and are sent to a third party agency. This seemingly advanced innovation in technology is not only an invasion of privacy but it is one that affects children, those who have no
Many times, people are left with an impaired brain for the rest of their lives and that damage can extend from being unable to control a limb to damaged eyesight to major memory loss. The purpose of implants is to aid the damaged portion of the brain to eradicate the symptoms that are associated with these serious brain disorders. Implants are inserted in the section of the brain that is impaired, whether it is the frontal lobe to help motor skills or in the occipital lobe to aid
I feel that everyone some day, really soon, will be forced by the government to get the chip implanted. They will claim it will reduce crime, provide more convenience, etc. and if you do not get the chip, you will not be able to buy, sell, or trade goods and items. But in the end, as in the Bible, it is only the beginning of the destruction of our world and all will come to pass.
The placement of implantable chips into patients for the purpose of accurately identifying patients and properly storing their medical history records has become a subject of a strong debate. Making sure patients are properly identified before a procedure and storing their health history records for future use has been difficult, if not impossible. The idea of being able to retrieve accurate patient’s medical history for a follow up care without relying on patient’s memory is a challenging task for many healthcare organizations. Many ideas and technologies have been introduced over the years to help solve this problem, but unfortunately the problem is still not fully resolved. There are still many errors in the healthcare due in part by improper record keeping and inaccurate patient identification. One idea that has being in discussion to eliminate these problems for good, is the introduction of a chip or radio frequency identification (RFID) technology implanted into human for the purpose storing medical data and accurately identify patients. VeriChip Corporation is currently the maker of this implantable RFID chip. They are the only corporation cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make this implantable radio frequency transponder system for humans for the purpose of identifying patients and storing their health history information. The chip was first developed for the use of radar systems by Scottish physicist, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt in 1935 just before World War II. (Roberti, 2007). This technology helps identify approaching planes of the enemy from mile away. Today, RFID has several uses. It is used for animal tracking. It is attached to merchandise in stores to prevent theft. It can be instal...
Genetic engineering is nothing new. “Genetic engineering refers to a set of technologies that are being used to change the genetic makeup of cells and move genes across species boundaries to produce novel organisms.” (“What is Genetic Engineering?”). Using genetic engineering will allow parents to choose what traits their child will have. For example, the color of the child’s eyes, skin and hair will be decided. As well as, choosing the height of the baby and weight it will be able to be. Scientists are also finding ways to eliminate diseases in babies, “in February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met to consider conducting clinical trials to test out genetic manipulation techniques to prevent mitochondrial disease from occurring in offspring.” (Ghose). With all the advancements science has made, being able to cure and vaccinate against diseases isn’t much of a shock. But when will the ethics come into ...
Advances in technology have influences our society at home, work and in our health care. It all started with online banking, atm cards, and availability of children’s grades online, and buying tickets for social outings. There was nothing electronic about going the doctor’s office. Health care cost has been rising and medical errors resulting in loss of life cried for change. As technologies advanced, the process to reduce medical errors and protect important health care information was evolving. In January 2004, President Bush announced in the State of the Union address the plan to launch an electronic health record (EHR) within the next ten years (American Healthtech, 2012).
The Obama Care Chip Implant is approved by the FDA, a class two implantable device. The implanted chip will have all our information such as medical wise and other information such as social security and our credit history. Those who are caught doing fraud will have the chip deactivated. Children will also be chipped, including infants at the time of birth. This procedure was said to be issued for March 23, 2013. Many are skeptical of this implantation and others are ready to riot and oppose this new law. Not only because it is against many of our rights but also because it is very sketchy and makes one think if this can be a plan to control us.
Many families have had the agonizing experience of losing their beloved pets. Lost dogs, puppies, and cats end up in shelters around the country with no way of contacting an owner. State wide license laws are supposed to aide in returning lost dogs to their owners, but in many cases these laws do not end up working. Many individuals do not follow the law close enough, do not have enough money to pay for a license, or dogs lose their collars or tags. Other families tattoo their dogs, but few shelters make the effort to find such a marking. Identifying microchips implanted just under the skin of a pet are a possible solution to prevent a family pet from being lost forever. There are fewer problems with this microchip identification system in comparison to the traditional laws. One issue is that some of the chips are becoming unable to be read by a shelter without a universal scanner, and shelters do not necessarily have the technology to scan some of the newer chips. Even though there are set backs, the microchips are becoming an increasingly popular technology to aid in locating your lost pet.
While Hammond views this type of genetic engineering as a duty, Davis (2008) argues that using genetic engineering on children is unconditional love by saying, “just as we should love existing children unconditionally, so we should unconditionally accept whatever child we get in the natural course of things”(p. 259). In addition, it could possibly put those disabled at a greater disadvantage than what they already are. People will focus on trying to prevent disabilities that they will eventually forget about the large portion of society constituted of disabled people. It will greatly affect the community of disabled people because it will demonstrate that society as a whole discriminates the disabled
The discussions of French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) in 'The Second Sex' (1949) laid the foundations that precipitated the Second-wave feminism movement, defining late-twentieth-century feminist thinking. 'The Second Sex' chronicles the patriarchal system as a social construct that subordinates women based on their biological differences from men. Though Beauvoir acknowledges the true biological differences separating the sexes, she argues that utilizing it as a means to determine the cultural, political, social and ideological aspects of society gave men the authority to assume control over women for past generations. Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' suggests that different, and often contradictory, conceptions on the role of
One of the first problems with Digital Angel and the Verichip is the sparseness of information relating to the technology. A quick tour of the Applied Digital Solutions’ Verichip website will give you a quick synopsis of what RFIDs are, and then list a few possible uses of the technology. The Frequently Asked Questions page on the website is equally shortchanged on information, with just a short tidbit on how the chips are installed, among other information. With a device that people will be living with for the rest of their lives (should they choose to bestow it upon them), I feel that many would rather have available detailed information on the technology. This is even more applicable when you consider the hostility that many people breed to technology that could lead to their mass surveillance (i.e. fear of conspiracy); many of these people’s concerns will likely be alleviated just by releasing more detailed info out on the web for the public to see.
The idea for human microchip implants was actually started from the microchips in pets and other animals. "Tracking devices have already been available to pet owners for nearly ten years"(Daugherty 2). They were designed to be more secure and to take the place of the old external tags (Feder, Zeller 15). Besides monitoring salmon, the chips were first used to keep track of livestock, but now they have migrated to use in domestic pets. Although there is still a seemingly low number (about 1.6 Million) of chipped pets in the United States, the...
Technology is having a significant role in various professional positions and will contribute in dictating the future of care delivery. Privacy is
Science has taken another step forward into the future of mankind by empowering parents to give their children the best start possible. We are now presented the opportunity to decide what personality and features we want our kids to have before their even born. Although at first glance, it may seem amazing and feel as if you’re picking the exact candy bar you want at a convenient store. However, are we ready for mankind to play, what some might call “God”? Is messing with the genetic code in our babies morally right? Or is it wrong? These are questions being brought up towards the matter of genetically engineering our babies. Danielle Simmons mentioned in the 2008 Nature Education that “Genes influence health and disease, as well as human traits and behavior”. Well genetic engineering on human genes has been going on for a long period of time now. It has also been performed on babies of women who were having trouble conceiving to prevent birth deficiency and help produce a healthy baby. As time went on, scientist became more precise and accurate in the genetic engineering of human genes (Simmons). Scientist is now able to help parents make their baby exactly the way, they prefer. Now that we are able to engineer the genetic code in humans to this extent, we can now produce a healthier generation that will have our ideal traits and behavior.