A TRACKING device designed to be inserted under the skin could allow parents
to keep tabs on their children, help courts track offenders or make it easy to
find lost hikers. But civil liberties campaigners are already worried that the
device might be abused.
A prototype, dubbed the Digital Angel, is being developed by Applied Digital
Solutions of Florida, which has licensed the technology from another company.
“Although we’re in the early developmental phase, we expect to come forward with
applications in many different areas, from medical monitoring to law
enforcement,” says Richard Sullivan, ADS’s chief executive.
The device contains…
