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FDA Clears Way for Implantable Chips
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Company to Sell Implantable Chip
Thu Apr 4, 3:41 PM ET
WASHINGTON - A company plans to begin selling a computer ID chip that can be embedded beneath people's skin, now that the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) has said it will not regulate the implant as long as it contains no medical data.
Applied Digital Solutions Inc. designed the VeriChip — about the size of a grain of rice — to hold information that could be read with special electronic scanners. The company has touted the chip as a potential way to hold a person's medical records or security codes.
Applied Digital had held off sales pending discussions with the FDA of whether an implanted chip would be considered a medical device. If the chip solely provides identification, it needs no FDA clearance, the agency confirmed Thursday — advice officials have long given others developing ID for tracking children, prisoners or workers with top-security clearances.
But, "if they put medical records in, we would be concerned about the use," said the FDA's medical device chief, Dr. David Feigal, who made clear that the agency could step in at that point.
If someone is unconscious in an emergency room and implanted medical records are outdated, that could be more dangerous than if doctors had no information, he said. Feigal urged companies considering such health-related implants to consult with the FDA.
For now, the VeriChip will bear only an identification number, said David Hughes of Technology Sourcing International, a consulting firm helping Applied Digital in its discussions with the FDA. But that ID code could be cross-referenced with a database to detail any kind of information.
The company said production would begin immediately.
VeriChip emits a radio signal and has been derided by some for its "Big Brother" implications. Applied Digital has said it could prove invaluable in emergency situations when someone is either unconscious or cannot otherwise give information.
VeriChip is expected to sell for about $200. A scanner used to read information contained in the chip would cost between $1,000 and $3,000. A doctor would insert the chip with a large needle-like device.
Shares of Applied Digital rose 4 cents, or 8 percent, to 52 cents in late trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Thu Apr 4, 3:41 PM ET
WASHINGTON - A company plans to begin selling a computer ID chip that can be embedded beneath people's skin, now that the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) has said it will not regulate the implant as long as it contains no medical data.
Applied Digital Solutions Inc. designed the VeriChip — about the size of a grain of rice — to hold information that could be read with special electronic scanners. The company has touted the chip as a potential way to hold a person's medical records or security codes.
Applied Digital had held off sales pending discussions with the FDA of whether an implanted chip would be considered a medical device. If the chip solely provides identification, it needs no FDA clearance, the agency confirmed Thursday — advice officials have long given others developing ID for tracking children, prisoners or workers with top-security clearances.
But, "if they put medical records in, we would be concerned about the use," said the FDA's medical device chief, Dr. David Feigal, who made clear that the agency could step in at that point.
If someone is unconscious in an emergency room and implanted medical records are outdated, that could be more dangerous than if doctors had no information, he said. Feigal urged companies considering such health-related implants to consult with the FDA.
For now, the VeriChip will bear only an identification number, said David Hughes of Technology Sourcing International, a consulting firm helping Applied Digital in its discussions with the FDA. But that ID code could be cross-referenced with a database to detail any kind of information.
The company said production would begin immediately.
VeriChip emits a radio signal and has been derided by some for its "Big Brother" implications. Applied Digital has said it could prove invaluable in emergency situations when someone is either unconscious or cannot otherwise give information.
VeriChip is expected to sell for about $200. A scanner used to read information contained in the chip would cost between $1,000 and $3,000. A doctor would insert the chip with a large needle-like device.
Shares of Applied Digital rose 4 cents, or 8 percent, to 52 cents in late trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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What a pathetic outdated dump! It used to be a nice place. I was just there again in October. What a shithole! A bunch of outdated, graying leftist leftovers, who look like zombies on lithium.
Why are pathetic morons in the bay area so obsessed with outdated trends of the past 4 decades?
I see more good looking women here in New York in 5 minutes than I saw in the bay area in six months.
That is LITERALLY true.
The bay area has the UGLIEST women in the country, and i have travelled all over the country. Oklahoma City has better looking women than berkeley. Unless outdated, clipped-haired dingbats from wealthy families with genital warts, 14 piercings and who dress in lousy thrift store crap to try and look poor appeals to you. If you're into that, then i guess berkeley is like heaven.
people in new york are FAR nicer than people in berkeley. I've never seen so many ill-mannered scumbags and insane psychopaths in any other city than berkeley. Junior high school students gang raping each other - what a fucking disgrace.
because we are so crowded here in NY, people here are very polite, and know what it means to have respect for others. Berkeley's crime rate is sky high. It's mostly animals of color attacking guilty white idiots who don't know any better. Everyone there is so worried about having a politically incorrect moment, that they end up being soulless zombies. Everyone there is afraid to tell some animal who is harrassing them to go rot in hell. That's why animals go around harrassing people all the time. Everyone there is afraid to interact with strangers. Exactly the opposite is New York. I walk out of my apartment and routinely meet and talk with complete strangers, who wish me a nice day, God bless, etc. If this doesn't happen on a given day, I think something is strange. In berkeley, everyone is afraid to make eye contact with each other. NY is the opposite.
I HATE BERKELEY!!!! IT IS THE MOST OUTDATED DUMP IN THE COUNTRY!!!!! THE THING I HATE MOST ABOUT IT IS THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that tells everyone where this guy is comming from. Hey smashy... your white sheets are showing...
If that's how people treat other people in New York, no wonder it's such a wonderful place.
For example, the two white bicyclists who were savagely beaten and robbed by a gang black pigs on the UC campus the other day.
I would call a gang of white people who mob-attacked blacks pigs too.
Sorry if reality bothers you. Sorry if reality doesn't quite fit your multicultural fantasies.
Where are all the great cries of protest from the berkeley dimwits who are for justice? where is the outrage in the press that would inevitably occur on a national basis in the leftist-controlled media if a gang of whites attacked a middle-aged black couple out riding their bikes?
But when blacks attack whites (which they do in far greater proportion than whites attack blacks, as FBI crime statistics clearly demonstrate) stupid white idiots who think they deserve to be attacked have nothing to say about it.
you're a fraud, and an outdated hypocrite.
But then again, why do him any cosmetic surgery favors? a grain-of-rice sized chip would add a substantial amount of girth to his micro penis.
And then they lose at that too.
Why are people in Berkeley such outdated, retrograde fools?
Yes, it's entertaining to see obsolete Smashing Chumpkin fascists who smoke too much crystal methadrine on a cyber rampage.
Smashing Chumpkin fascists see debating the issues as a zero-sum, "Them or Us" win/lose game. They are rhetorically-challenged blow-hard retards, and they degenerate into threats of blowing people's heads off to hide their feelings of inadequacy.
They seen to have symptoms of several conditions, perhaps all of these
Obsessive compulsive disorder:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocd.cfm
borderline personality
http://www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline/
frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation
identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self
impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)
recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)
chronic feelings of emptiness
inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms
Antisocial
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=510&cn=Personality%20Disorders&PHPSESSID=03d4e781f3de9c325d09338dca71d10d
Paranoid
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=569&cn=Personality%20Disorders
suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her
is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates
is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her
reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events
persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights
perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack
histrionic personality disorder
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=545&cn=Personality%20Disorders
is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior
displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
narcissistic personality disorder
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=560&cn=Personality%20Disorders
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has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
requires excessive admiration
has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
OCD? That one might apply to moi to a limited extent. My OCD behavior of choice? Most people don't spend as much time on the Internet as I do. :)
As far as the rest of your amateur hour psychology copy and paste (have you nothing to say?) diagnosis. Surely you jest. If not, then it is certain that you are delusional. Its amazing what somebody can divine about others based on a few brief postings on an Internet message board. And to think that some people shell out hundreds of dollars and waste hours upon hours of their lives in a head shrinkers office, when Leiselotte is willing to offer this service for free. Even Miss Cleo has the sense to charge 2.99 a minute.
But on a semi-serious note, now that you got me goin :) Just about everybody among the living has personality characteristics described somewhere in the DSM IV.
Normal behaviors and thought processes that everybody exhibits and one time or another, have been conflated into a collection of pseudo scientific "disease" lingo by frauds.
"borderline" this, that or the other thing is used to justify the bills sent to the insurance company.
Witch doctors have more professional integrity then many of the practitioners in the mental health field.
"Aside from the professional and financial abuses to which the DSM can be put, Kutchins and Kirk see a more alarming (if more subtle and incremental) danger in relying on this manual and its shifting definitions to pathologize everyday life: "
http://www.stats.org/newsletters/9712/crazy.htm