RFID tattoos for tracking cows... and people

Did you know that Saint Louis based Somark Innovations successfully tested an "RFID tattoo" on cows and rats? Yes indeed, tattoo, not the ol' RFID chip found in passports, dogs, and Dutch VIP clubbers. Somark's system uses an array of needles to inject a passive RFID ink which can be read through the hair on your choice of beast. The ink can be either invisible or colored but Somark is keeping mum as to its exact contents. They only say that it doesn't contain any metals and is 100% biocompatible and chemically inert. The tattoo can be applied in 5 to 10 seconds with no shaving involved and can be read from up to 4 feet away -- the bigger the tattoo, the more information stored. Best of it all, it's apparently safe for humans to ingest allowing the FDA to track back Mad Cow Disease, e-coli outbreaks, and Soylent Green. Don't worry, they can't track you just as long as you chew your food like mama taught. However, with "military personnel" listed as Somark's "secondary target market," well, it's just a matter of time before we're all cattle now isn't it.

[Via The Register]

[NiGhTmArE @ Jan 18th 2007 9:58AM]

moo.

[engadget @ Jan 18th 2007 10:02AM]

Is this based on Inksure's patented chipless rfid technology? Or have they developed their own?

See http://inksure.com/default.asp?tsys=news&id=7

[tgernon @ Jan 18th 2007 10:55AM]

brings the bar-code tattoo to an all new level...

[jjrr @ Jan 18th 2007 11:02AM]

Scary. Everyone remember your Half-Life 2 skills.

[Marco @ Jan 18th 2007 11:09AM]

Observed, tracked, controlled. We live in a world in which private space continuously shrink. Corporations are trying to shape us into the perfect consumer: never satisfied, always wanting the latest gadget. Is that what we really need? Maybe not, but I can’t wait to get my hands on Somark’s RFID Ink! ;)

Marco
www.EvenHappier.com

[Kevin Chapman @ Jan 18th 2007 11:18AM]

One step closer to the mark of the beast.

[ron grounds @ Jan 20th 2007 12:32PM]

you are correct,it is from revelation 13:16

[ratz @ Jan 18th 2007 11:46AM]

see: http://tinyurl.com/3baenj for information on the chipless bit.

[Rynth @ Jan 18th 2007 12:05PM]

Thats is one hugely freaky picture of a cow.. I wont sleep tonight now!

*Sits in the corner and rocks*

xD

[josh @ Jan 18th 2007 12:35PM]

chipping livestock has already been made illegal in wisconsin. thank god (chipping people is the next step)

[MikeK @ Jan 18th 2007 2:56PM]

Josh, Don't know where you got that from cows and pigs are routinely chipped here in wisconsin. Dogs and cats too. Poultry should be next but the ROI isn't there yet.

[Tyler @ Jan 18th 2007 2:20PM]

Sounds handy, wonder what this will do for the leather industry. We use the chips in eartags to track all sorts of things, very useful tool. And as for wisconsin, well they must still be in the middle age's anyways.

[Peter @ Jan 18th 2007 5:00PM]

HOORAY for super close wide angle lens shots!

[George Orwell @ Jan 18th 2007 6:25PM]

glad I'm a vegetarian...

[ron grounds @ Jan 18th 2007 6:46PM]

Revelation 13:16
and he the anti christ will cause both small and great,rich and poor ,free and bond to receive a mark in their right hand ,or in their foreheads.
from the bible-look it up for yourself.

[josh @ Jan 18th 2007 8:11PM]

Sorry, I thought it was livestock. Turns out it's illegal to require RFID tags on Wisconsin citizens. My mistake.

[james o @ Jan 19th 2007 1:10AM]

just think of it, the cow gets that, we eat the cow, the ink lines our innards from in, to out. we could crap equations! either that or when some form of rfid
is used and your leather jacket reads "marked for slaughter, end of march"

[Wayne D. @ Jan 19th 2007 4:31PM]

On the military "secondary market" thing. What about a Jewish soldier? Isn't there a taboo about tatoos?

[IndoorLBS @ Jan 25th 2007 12:37PM]

RFID Chips Inserted in to People for Tracking

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared VeriChip for medical use in October. The company is targeting patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, ...

http://indoorlbs.com/id150.html

[IndoorLBS.com @ Jan 25th 2007 12:37PM]

RFID Chips Inserted in to People for Tracking

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared VeriChip for medical use in October. The company is targeting patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, ...

http://indoorlbs.com/id150.html

[brutus @ Jun 13th 2008 12:30PM]

que razon tienes alberto, por favor echale un vistazo o varios si es posible a los videos zeitgeist y veras la explicación y el fin del sistema, despues de verlo recomiendaselo a cuantos puedas, gracias.
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[Dillard @ Oct 9th 2008 1:11PM]

Well, this is a DEEP subject! Its gonna get pretty wet, at least with tears. Here is another site that you just have to check out....

www.endtime.com

The dude who runs it is religious, but does not cram it down yer throat! He talks about all of the mark of the beast stuff and well, how it pans out.

Weird stuff man....

[Willard @ Feb 2nd 2009 5:36AM]

Shows how close we really are to the end...... just wait til they tell us we have to get it in our left hand or forehead. We're there, it won't be much longer before that antichrist is shown to all and Jesus returns like a thief in the night for those who are saved.

[Scott Blake @ Feb 26th 2009 4:54PM]

I make Temporary Barcode Tattoos for fun.

FREE BARCODE TATTOO! offer on my website:
http://www.barcodeart.com/barcode_tattoos.html