Microchips may soon be making a big appearance. Microchips are the size of a grain of rice, that goes between your thumb and index finger. Microchips are able to be used for any task that used RFID technology. One company in Wisconsin is allowing their employees to implant a microchip into their hand. Implanting a microchip into this company’s employees allows them to do tasks like swiping into the office and pay for food at the cafeteria. According to https://www.asml.com/en/technology/all-about-microchips/microchip-basics, microchips are a set of electronic circuits on a small flat piece of silicon. Microchips can also be called IC or Integrated Circuit.
The microchip was first engineered by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby, in 1959. Microchips were first created to be used for the logic part of computers. Microchips can now be used for many different reasons, but the newest reason is to speed up users daily routines. According to https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/innovation/technology-under-your-skin/, microchips can be used for anything from accessing your home, gym, office to storing emergency contact details or social media profiles. But those are just the positives to chips.
With using microchips in your hand their come risks with it, one of the risks being it would be easier for hackers to access an abundance of information about you or your company. Some other risks include bad tissue reactions, incompatibility with MRI’s, or even electrical hazards. Just like with every new technology risks are apart of it, but since microchips in humans are newer, the long term effects are not known. Implanting chips in humans can allow people to access information like your location, spending history, driving habits and more which comes with the risk of your safety overall. If the creators and people working on the microchips do not set boundaries as to what information can be found with microchips by anyone in the world, I think microchips will hurt our society because of the unsureness in the safety aspect.
Microchips can be really positive for our society like making our every day routines faster and easier, but it may also be negative if they do allow just about anyone to access your very personal information.