A total of about 50 employees at a Wisconsin company have agreed to let their employer implant a microchip into their hands. Three Square Market which specializes in micro-market solutions (vending machines) will be one of the first in the US to offer such an option to employees. About the size and shape of a grain of rice, the radio-frequency identification chips (RFID) could be used for buying snacks at work and logging in to company computers.

Made by Sweden’s BioHax International, the implants will be used as long-term testing for the viability of broader commercial applications.



The company is holding an Aug. 1 “chip party” where employees will have the device inserted between their forefinger and thumb using a syringe-like instrument.

The RFID chips use electromagnetic fields to communicate and can be read at a distance of no more than 6 inches (15 cm).

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