Abstract
In a segment called “Future Shock,” Jon Stewart’s nightly comedy news show team interviewed technophile Mikey Sklar, one of the first American citizens to elect to have a subcutaneous radio frequency identification device (RFID) injected into his arm. When questioned by a Daily Show reporter as to the reason that he chose to be implanted with the chip, Sklar reported that this innovative technology allowed him to accomplish many new tasks:
Samantha Bee: What can you do with this chip?
Sklar: Well, I can hold my hand in front of a deadbolt, and the deadbolt will throw.
Samantha Bee: Wait a sec, whoa. You can open a door… with your hand? Well, I’ll believe that when I see it.1
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Magnet, S. (2011). The Audible Body: RFIDs, Surveillance, and Bodily Scrutiny. In: Casper, M.J., Currah, P. (eds) Corpus. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119536_9
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