\"Mr. Bitcoin\" will never forget where he left his wallet. It's implanted under his skin. <\/p>\n
The Amsterdam-based Bitcoin entrepreneur, whose real name Martijn Wismeijer, turned himself into a real-life cyborg by having a miniature digital communications chip implanted in his hand. <\/p>\n
He posted a video of the procedure on YouTube: <\/p>\n
Wismeijer and his compatriots got tiny NFC chips injected into their hands. NFC, which stands for near-field communications, is the same type of technology built into the Apple Pay digital payment system and numerous Android devices. <\/p>\n
NFC is a short-range wireless system that allows devices to send data back and forth, enabling the user to make mobile payments or send commands to other smart devices. <\/p>\n
The chip that \"Mr. Bitcoin\" used was developed by a company called Dangerous Things. According to the company's Indiegogo campaign, its inventor, Amal Graafstra, had the first model implanted into his own hand by a surgeon in 2005, and got a second upgraded model injected a couple of months later using a pet chip injector assembly. Wismeijer used the same type of injector to have the miniature device slipped under his skin. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dangerous Things' implantable NFC chip in bioglass capsule. <\/p>\n
Dangerous Things <\/p>\n
\"The xNT [chip] is a 2mm x 12mm, fully NFC Type 2 compliant RFID tag encased in a cylindrical Schott 8625 bioglass ampule and sterilized in ethylene oxide gas,\" according to the Dangerous Things Indiegogo page. <\/p>\n
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