FDA approves giant pennies

Here’s the MSNBC article.  Prior discussion on this blog can be found here and here.

All kidding aside, I think implantable RFID chips were a great idea for cows and are a great idea for those people who, like cows, cannot be expected to remember to bring their wallets all the time.  A medical history application is a reasonable use for this technology.  Just to be clear, your medical history is not stored on the chip.  The chip just has an ID number which can be used to call up your history from an existing database.  Access to the database can be controlled using the normal methods.  It’s kind of like those medical ID bracelets that professional golfers always seem to wear.  Not the magical copper and magnet ones; those are crap.