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A Swedish Company Is Using Microchips to Track Its Employees

Posted on April 4, 2017 by pogowasright.org

Lawrence N. Shew reports:

A Brave New World is beginning to take shape in Sweden as a Stockholm-based firm, Epicenter, is currently experimenting with microchip implants meant to replace swipe-card technology. Is this the future of employee tracking devices? Epicenter believes so.

Epicenter managed to convince 150 employees to allow the implantation of a small microchip in the palm of their hand. For the moment, the device is only used for menial tasks like clocking in, using the photocopier, and open access doors.

Read more on Prodigious News.

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