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    Wisconsin Company Offers To Implant Chips In Its Employees

    The idea raises ethical questions by essentially turning bodies into bar codes. Three Square Market says it is the first U.S. company to provide the technology to its employees.
    by Merrit Kennedy Jul 25, 2017 2 minutes

    A Wisconsin company is offering to implant tiny radio-frequency chips in its employees – and it says they are lining up for the technology.

    The idea is a controversial one, confronting issues at the intersection of ethics and technology by essentially turning bodies into bar codes. Three Square Market, also called 32M, says it is the first U.S.

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