Actually, I was thinking this would be picked up for the main page, but as no one has posted about it, here it is:
Popular Science has a special series of articles under the heading "The Future of the Body". There's some interesting stuff and some kinda creepy stuff under different article headings. But what does this have to do with ID you ask? Well, even if some things are entirely subdermal and have little or no ID input during their development, there's no reason the things we wear won't interact with them and require our attention. And even things we don't wear could interface with implants, so understanding how it all works is worthwhile in that regard. Remember, Microsoft has already filed patents (ref: C|Net) for using the skin to act as a conductor for the transmission of data. Imagine shaking someone's hand for the first time, downloading his electronic businesscard via your skin, and having it display on your HUD contact lens. How do you edit the data? Press your thumb and middle finger? There's a whole lot of really simple things that someone needs to figure out. That alone is pretty intriguing.
If nothing else, just check out this list with it's expected timeframes for implementation. Wild.
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