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Old 03-28-2007, 10:07 PM   #35
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I updated my post with a picture that shows the ones that are rice grain sized. It's encased in a neutral material so there's no interaction between the body and the chip. And the frequency they use plus the close proximity required for the detector makes the electrical characteristics of the body not that important.. or they've at least solved the problem, because they're available in commercial applications right now, even for human use. Pet tracking one of them, and even for VIPs in a bar! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm

For bulges, I've heard the webbing between the thumb and the forefinger as a place (I've got a lump of scar tissue in there larger than an RFID chip from a piece of wood I got in there when I was young, I never notice it).

And the even smaller ones:



Though that's without the antenna.
And the SNR is good? I'm surprised, I would have thought skin and blood would give too much noise.
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