Emerging Technologies

Employees at this Swedish company can get a microchip inserted under their skin

A porter carries luggage past a group of reception staff that are reflected in the floor as they stand in the foyer of the five-star rated Sofitel Hotel in Beijing November 19, 2007. City tourism officials and Olympics organizers are confident Beijing's 700-plus star-rated hotels can absorb the onslaught of half a million foreign and domestic visitors expected each day for 17 days beginning August 8, 2008.      REUTERS/David Gray    (CHINA)

Epicenter and a handful of other companies are the first to make chip implants broadly available. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

James Brooks
Video Journalist , Associated Press
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