Hello and welcome to an unusual episode of ExpierceTV.
Today we won't talk about piercing,
we'll talk about technological novelties
such as RFID and NFC implants.
We have Sebastian here with us,
who is a huge tech buff.
He'll try to explain to us this technology.
What are those chips
and what are they used for?
What's the difference between them?
Chips.The best way is to
start with the chips that have already been around us.
So, for example,
in hotel cards,
that allow us
to enter rooms,
they are set up by the hotel staff...
When you loose a key like this,
it doesn't require key cutting,
but the staff just gives a new card that is set up.
In a card like this, there is an RFID chip.
We'll talk about it in a moment.
And what about an NFC implant?
When it comes to NFC,
it's a technology that's based on
exchanging information through
close contact.
You can say that in a way it's Bluetooth's succesor,
but it works a bit differently from Bluetooth,
it's
a technology that allows exchanging data.
The best example
that we can talk about are NFC tags that are available on Allegro.
To buy.
They are simple stickers that can be
loaded with information such as
website address,
a business card,
macros, that can be turned on with your cellphone.
Okay, so tell me this.
So it's a huge thing
that for example I have this RFID chip
and what, I can only open hotel doors?
It all depends on what you want to use it for.
What else can you do with an RFID chip?
RFID chip.
What can you do with it?
What do you use it for?
I use my RFID chip to enter my block of flats.
So, you're opening doors.
Yes, sure, thanks to this I don't have to carry a key ring
and I can give it to my girlfriend.
So you don't have to carry keys, either.
No, I still have to carry my apartment keys with me.
Oh the apartment, sure.
But the whole complex, main doors, garage,
I open it all with my palm.
And now, what is NFC chip good for?
NFC chip...
That you also have.
Yes, in my other hand I have an NFC implant.
Great.
It came very handy during my last meeting
of Polish Transhumanism Society,
where I was asked to share my contact info
because one person had to leave early
and there was nothing we could do.
So thanks to NFC technology
I just uploaded my data
to my colleague's cellphone contacts.
Colleague that I met there.
Thanks to this he got information that I wanted to share,
my full name, phone number, website and my address.
Okay, so
can I do multiple things at a time with an NFC chip, or is it programmed for
only one function, or can I rewrite it,
like you did with a VHS back in the old days?
Every chip that is placed in hand,
can be reprogrammed and rewritten.
So if I get an NFC implant
I can, I don't know, turn on my contact list,
but I also can delete it and program something else in?
Yes, exactly.
For example a link to your own website,
or to a Facebook page.
So, for example, if I'd like to be able to open
Facebook, contacts,
a someone's business card,
or mail,
I would need 4 of those chips, yes?
Yes, you would.
So as not ot reprogram it.
Well, it's very interesting.
So, tell me...
I only have two, so...
But it's only the beginning.
Okay.
We'll se what comes next.
Tell me, did you
have an opportunity to test it
at an airport? Does it get
picked up by metal detectors?
I'm flying to Amsterdam in 2 weeks,
so it'll be a test for the chips.
But from what I've heard and read on various forums,
there is no problem with that.
We'll wait for you raport then.
In that case, I'm curious as to if,
metal detectors aside,
you will feel the difference in pressure?
I'd like to klnow it as well.
Of course we can set up a meeting
and I will tell you all about it after I get back.
Tell me, do you think that
we are in danger of
creating
a society of cyborgs?
Is it, well,
really that safe and great?
If you ask me personally,
I think we shouldn't even use the word "danger".
Because I see here
many pros.
Many advantages, because, well,
it's a faxct that I have a key to my apartment complex literally in my hand.
There's no key ring, I won't lose it,
nobody will steal it from me.
It doesn't bother me and I don't have any negative side effects.
But what if you get mugged and your hand is chopped off?
Ha, I got you there.
This is an argument that's really hard to debate over,
bvecause they might as well kill me then, right?
Overall, I
don't consider the implants a threat,
on the contrary,
I think that
consumerism and capitalism will force,
sooner or later, introduction of those technologies,
because they are simply practical.
We can oppose to it all we like,
we can negate it all we like,
say it's like "Terminator",
and no,
but it will grow and develop.
So you don't consider it as a, let's say, a trinket,
a very expensive trinket,
like some
want to show off by getting magnetic implants, right?
You need to look at it a bit differently,
because in my opinion, when it comes to NFC,
then besides
programming keys
blocking your phone or laptop,
it's hard to find
more practical uses of it,
like that block key I mentiones or a business card, right?
They are things that we can live without,
but in my opinion this technology will develop
and the sooner we get used to it,
make it our own,
the better,
because there are new implants already,
other things that
influence man.
Like North Sense, right?
Yes, like North Sense, that,
when placed on human chest,
will vibrate lightly every time
you are directed towards north.
And of course, people are wondering,
right, why do we need it, why do I need a compass build into my body?
I don't need this
when living in the city, it may be useful to someone,
I don't know, scouts or someone like this.
Going back in my mind to my holidays.
I have a picture in my head.
I'm sitting on a beach with my girlfriend, it's warm,
the sun is setting, the waves swoosh,
seagulls cry,
there's a distinctly fishy smell.
Beautiful.
And in addition to this,
we have a memory
that we can
place un regard to the north.
And of course,
from practical standpoint,
it has no...
no value, really,
because why would you need this information, when it comes to memories?
But it shows us
how our brains
are able to adapt
artificial senses
and add them to the pool
of its natural senses.
Considering the way
certain senses get stronger
when you...
For example, people who are blind.
They can't see, but because of it their hearing is much more
developed and sharp.
They can move because of it.
It shows us
how flexible is our brain,
and in my opinion it will be...
it is the starting point of
every future research; every technology of the future
will be associated with modeling of the brain,
and, well,
are we in danger of cyborgisation?
Partially yes, and no,
because, as always, there will be two groups
that will either support or condemn it.
Tell me, because I've recently heard about it,
that. I don't know if it's been already done,
it had been done, or there are only plans,
that those chips, but I don't know which ones,
I don't know, I get lost in it,
RFID or NFC,
will be able to, for example,
block a gun or a rifle?
It's the RFID chip,
and the creator of those chips
is constantly working, improving what we can do with it, right?
And he did, he invented something
that works like an electronic lock.
So we have a gun,
it's loaded, but it's locked
with an electronic lock.
In order to unlock the electronic lock,
you need to apply the chip,
so
a code, a token,
that is programmed in the RFID implant.
And only the person that unlocks,
and only then, when the gun is unlocked, you can shoot it.
It's like upping the security.
It essentially means that I can have a gun right here on this table
and unless I unlock it with my token that I have in my hand,
nobody will be able to use it.
That is pretty great.
Tell me something else.
Does it...
If, let's say, I come to a conclusion
that I don't want it anymore, I don't use is very often, I'm bored with it - can I remove it?
It's very simple.
When I flex my hand,
you can see the chip.
The only thing I have to do,
[Morbid] Yeah, it's kinda visible...
it to cut the skin
and push it out, like a splinter.
Okay, I asked a question that I know the answer to,
but I wanted to test Sebastian.
So, now,
to sum it all up:
they are quite useful things.
Yes. And if
there's any doubt about it's practicality,
like an electronic business card,
or the possibility of opening your own door
without a keychaing,
it's still worth looking into this technology,
because it's developing
and will continue to develop
and sooner of later there will be new possibilities
that the world will love.
Well, it sounds intriguing.
I hope you were
intrigued by Sebastian's words as well as
by what you saw behing us.
If you are willing,
I can get such a curious device
and put it in your body.
Thank you very much, Sebastian, for this meeting
and for explaining all of it.
We'll be waiting for further raports
on your new tech.
Take care!
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