This Skin-Implantable Microchip Can Store Your COVID Vaccine Certificate

Dec. 25, 2021

As the ongoing Coronavirus-led pandemic continues to exist, people now need to show their COVID-19 vaccination certificates in various public places like airports, malls, and parks to prove their immunity. There are a lot of ways to store your vaccination certificate digitally in case you don’t want to carry a physical copy. However, a Swedish startup has now developed a microchip to store COVID-19 vaccination certificates of individuals that can be implanted into their skins.

Skin-Implantable COVID-Vaccine Chip Unveiled

Now, coming to the question of how it works, the microchip can be implanted into the forearm or the wrist of a person. It can then be scanned over the skin using a smartphone, thanks to the NFC antenna, and show all the vaccination information of the individual in a PDF document.

It is also worth mentioning that thechip can be scanned using anyone’s smartphone, given it has NFC functionality. Hence, you can always show that you are vaccinated, even if you don’t have your phone in your pocket.

Sjoblad explained that the microchip does not have any battery or any tracking component inside. So, it cannot be used to track the location or activities of individuals, which is a good thing. The chip only activates when a smartphone is brought near it. Otherwise, it remains“asleep”under the skin, as per Hannes.

For those looking to get the implantable, vaccination chip, you should know that it costs about €100 (~Rs 8,510) for a single implant, which is crazy-expensive.

As for what is the point of this COVID-vaccine chip, the company says that it allows individuals to always carry their COVID-vaccine certificates/passports to prove their immunity in public places. So, it is like that QR-code tattoo, whichan Italian guy got earlier this yearto always carry his vaccination certificate.

In my opinion, although the idea of an implantable chip is Black Mirror-level advanced, it is, however, unnecessary as there are manyeasier ways to get and store vaccination information. Nonetheless, we’d love to hear your opinions on this skin-implantable COVID-vaccine microchip in the comments below.

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