This was a survey taken before the big consumer electronics show in Hanover, Germany started. I guess this could mean some potential sales for the folks at PositiveID who manufacture the chip and the software that now allows reporting to personal health records. I’m not ready for a chip yet myself. BD
PositiveID Corporation's Health Link Personal Health Record – First PHR to Communicate Real-Time Blood Sugar Readings for Diabetics and Their Caregivers/Physicians
Privacy-loving Americans have roundly rejected the idea of implanting microchips within their bodies, but one in four Germans is enthusiastic about the idea of having a chip implanted as long as there are tangible benefits involved. Those benefits don’t even have to be of the life-and-death nature; some said they would implant a chip simply to make a shopping experience more enjoyable.
A poll released Monday in anticipation of Europe’s CeBIT trade show indicated that 23 percent of Germans are open to the idea of implantable microchips. The largest contingent (16 percent) said they would do it to help emergency services respond to them more quickly and effectively in case of an accident.
One Quarter of Germans Would Embrace an Implantable Microchip | Popular Science
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