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闃呰鐞嗚В
(2018路
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)
Technology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing
the television station without touching the TV
.
Now
one
American
company
is
offering
its
employees
a
new
convenience:
a
microchip
implanted in their hands.Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving
their
hands.Three
Square
Market
is
offering
to
implant
microchips
in
all
of
their
employees
for
free.Each chip costs
300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip.Employees can volunteer
to have the chips implanted in their hands.About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so.The
president
of
the
company
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his
wife
and
their
children
are
also
getting
chips
implanted
in
their
hands.
The chip is about the size of a grain of rice.Implanting the chip only takes about a second and
is said to hurt only very briefly.The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger.With
a chip in the hand
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a person can enter the office building
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buy food
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sign into computers and more
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simply
by
waving
that
hand
near
a
scanner.The
chips
will
be
also
used
to
identify
employees.Employees
who
want
convenience
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but
do
not
want
to
have
a
microchip
implanted
under their skin
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can wear a wristband(
鑵曞甫
) or a ring with a chip instead.They can perform the
same tasks with a wave of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.
Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its
employees.Epicenter
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a
company
in
Sweden
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has
been
implanting
chips
in
its
employees
for
a
while.
Three
Square
Market
says
the
chip
cannot
track
the
employees.The
company
says
scanners
can
read
the
chips
only
when
they
are
within
a
few
inches
of
them.
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The
chips
protect
against
identity theft
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similar to credit cards.
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The U.S.Food and Drug Administration approved the chips
back in 2004
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so they should be safe for humans
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according to the company.
In
the
future
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people
with
the
chips
may
be
able
to
do
more
with
them
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even
outside
the
office.Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market.He says
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Eventually
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this
technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport
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public transit
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all
purchasing opportunities
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etc.
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1.What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.The substitutes of the chips.
B.The potential risks of implanting the chips.
C.The places to implant the chips.