by Zack Hedrick, Fox San Antonio <\/p>\n
It's a story that has a lot of people talking. <\/p>\n
A Wisconsin company is offering its employees microchip implants, which allows them access throughout their office building. <\/p>\n
Researchers at UTSA right now are working on ways to make this technology better protected. <\/p>\n
As microchips have gotten smaller speed and capacity have increased. <\/p>\n
Dr. Ethan Ahn is a professor of micro and nano-technology at UTSA. <\/p>\n
Now a new and controversial piece of technology is raising some concerns. <\/p>\n
While working on making technology smaller. Dr. Ahn and his colleagues at UTSA are also developing ways to improve security for implantable technology. <\/p>\n
I believe they should have their own storage device in there rather than using the cloud,\" said Ahn. <\/p>\n
The microchip being used by the company in Wisconsin is about the size of a grain of rice. <\/p>\n
It's placed in between your thumb and index finger. <\/p>\n
Using radio frequency identification, or FRID, it can help log into computers, give access to doors you can even use it to buy something at the vending machine <\/p>\n
Despite its size the microchip can also store financial and medical information. <\/p>\n
The company says the technology is encrypted. <\/p>\n
But tech experts like Dr. Ahn say there are different levels of encryption and encryption doesnt guarantee the security of information on the device. <\/p>\n
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