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Location and Interactive services not only at your fingertips but under your skin
Rodney Ip, University of WollongongFollow
Katina Michael, University of WollongongFollow
M G. Michael, University of WollongongFollow
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Ip, R., Michael, K. & Michael, M. G. (2009). Location and Interactive services not only at your fingertips but under your skin. IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (pp. 1-7). Los Alamitos, USA: IEEE.
This paper explores the work of Professor Kevin Warwick, a researcher in the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, who has played a major role in propelling the science of humancentric chip implantation. On the 24th of August 1998, just over a decade ago, Professor Warwick became the first man to officially implant a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder under his skin. This paper explores Warwick's achievements, motivations, and chipping experience, offering a unique insight into the ethical dilemmas and controversy surrounding implantable devices for identification purposes, interactive environments and the potential for location-based services. The authors employed a qualitative research strategy. A case study of Professor Kevin Warwick and his research endeavors are presented in a narrative form. The study used three approaches to collect data for the case study- (i) an email questionnaire, (ii) a primary interview, and (iii) secondary documentary sources about Warwick. The data itself is analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The outcome of the research is a contextual account of Warwick's motivations towards the scientific study of implantable computing for the sake of medical progress; one of the approaches which (at least in this instance) underpins chip implant research for human benefit.
ARC/DP0881191
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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP0881191
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2009.5155903
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