“Why NFC chip implants are a bad idea”

In this video, I outline five reasons why I think NFC chip implants are a bad idea.

As a quick background: I had an NFC chip implanted and used it as a boarding pass when traveling. I recorded a video showing what it looked like when I had the chip implanted and also when I used at the airport. I did this to find out whether or not it’s a feasible usage of NFC technology. My conclusion is that it is not. However, I did learn a lot from a general innovation and experimentation perspective. I’ll come back to that in a later post.

In summary, the five reasons why NFC chip implants are a bad idea include:

• Solves no real problem
• Doesn’t work well
• Takes more time (compared with using tags not implanted, or in the case of boarding passes – the old kind, paper or device)
• Not possible to use the NFC chip for more than one thing at the time (in the majority of solutions)
• Serious health risks

I have collected and elaborated on my thoughts in this video:

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