(Daily Star) – Richard Skellett, a founder of Digital Anthropologist and an expert for Future of Work, has warned of a future in which British workers have chips inserted underneath their skin. The process has already been trialed with company BioTeq fitting 150 implants in the UK. And Sweden-based firm Biohax told the Sunday Telegraph that it is in discussions with several British companies about microchipping. But as humans and machines become more in-sync, it could open up all sorts of possibilities – including
being able to live forever. Speaking to Daily Star Online, Mr Skellett explained: “There’s a lot of talk at the moment about microchipping employees and there are some companies that are actually doing that. “I can see benefits from it, but also opens up a whole roster of other things – like being reborn.” The microchips from BioTeq are similar to those for pets and are implanted in the flesh between the thumb and forefinger. READ MORE