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To: zonkie who wrote (2773)	2/12/2002 4:17:07 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Along those lines, check this news item: Boca Raton family volunteers to be first for microchip implants FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (AP) -- A family in Boca Raton have volunteered to be implanted with microchips, which would make them the first family imbedded with the identification devices. Derek Jacobs, a 14-year-old computer whiz, is poised to become the first child to receive the implant, which can be scanned for identification and medical information. His parents, Jeff and Leslie, decided to join their son and get the tiny cylinder -- bigger than a grain of rice but smaller than a vitamin pill -- implanted in their arms. 'It's like 'Star Trek' or 'The Jetsons,''' Leslie said. The Jacobs are waiting for approval from the Food and Drug Administration in the next few weeks, then they will join a test group of 50 volunteers for the implants. Derek, who runs a small Web site business out of his bedroom and uses his home computer to listen for extraterrestrial life in space noise, said he wants to ride the wave of the future. His father, a cancer survivor, said he was more interested in the medical benefits than the technology. His mom said she just went along with the group. Only two adults have been implanted with the microchip, one in Europe and a doctor working for Applied Digital Solutions, the Palm Beach company that makes the microchip, called a VeriChip. The microchips have been criticized both as governmental attempts to track citizens and as Biblical signs of the apocalypse But Derek doesn't share those views. ''I see it as more of an evolution of man and technology,'' he said.