Body hackers: Implanting RFID chips in the human body

An RFID chip can hold encrypted information, unique enough to say, identify you as the owner of your smartphone (to unlock it), or open a door (to your home). A bizarre new company, Grindhouse Wetware, started by Amal Graafstra (Graafstra), introduced its RFID chip implants to the world through an internet video where ‘Northstar’ (an RFID chip) was shown being implanted into a person’s hand. This group of people who are willing to implant these chips in their bodies believe technology has reached the point where it can improve the human body–they are known as body hackers.