Research Into Implantable Beast-Tech Imagines Human Control

Research Into Implantable Beast-Tech Imagines Human Control 
Scenes in “Black Mirror”, a British television series first broadcast two years ago, made a deep impression on viewers as its actors were implanted with chips in their eyes and behind their ears. With the rapid development of technology, implantable devices such as electronic tattoos, chip capsules, and internal headsets are becoming a reality… with these miniature devices, scenes from the movies are becoming part of real life. Extraordinary retentive memory may be within the reach even of ordinary people, transforming them into “supermen”. In fact, experimentation with implantable devices has already extended beyond medical use. Some pioneers are trying to extend their sensations to reach a world that ordinary people cannot sense, for example to ‘hear’ heat, or to ‘feel’ wireless network signals. Others have implanted invisible earphones in their ears, giving them better hearing than normal people. One ‘geek’ has tried to implant storage devices in his body for passwords and telephone numbers.

DHS Gets $250 Million From Senate To Advance Beast-TechA Senate subcommittee this week approved a request from the United States Department of Homeland Security for nearly a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to be used on a state-of-the-art biometric system. On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHS green-lighted more than $47 billion to go towards the agency as part of a request made for funding in fiscal year 2015. According to a statement published later that day by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the chairwoman of the committee on appropriations, a significant chunk of that sum will go towards increasing the efforts of DHS to document persons coming in and out of the US by using high-tech biometric technology that captures unique features from individuals and then scours massive databases for more information pertaining to those persons. If all goes as planned, upgrades to DHS’s biometric system will allow not only for the vast collection of this information, but will ensure that the details are easily shared among federal agencies of various sorts.