Cyanide-equipped RFID chip developed in Saudi Arabia

**karl 12** · 05-21-2009, 10:30 AM

Germany denies Most Evil patent ever:

Germany has declined to patent a cyanide-equipped RFID chip developed in Saudi Arabia.

From German publication The Local:

A Saudi Arabian inventor has filed for a patent on a potentially lethal science fiction-style human tracking microchip, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) told The Local on Friday.

But the macabre innovation that enables remote killing will likely be denied copyright protection.

“While the application is still pending further paperwork on his part, the invention will probably be found to violate paragraph two of the German Patent Law – which does not allow inventions that transgress public order or good morals,” spokeswoman Stephanie Krüger told The Local from Munich.

The patent application – entitled “Implantation of electronic chips in the human body for the purposes of determining its geographical location” – was filed on October 30, 2007, but was only published until last week, or 18 months after submission as required by German law, she said.

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/germany-d...il-patent-ever/

**Andrew** · 05-21-2009, 02:17 PM

It doesn't seem to go beyond the prior art, either. The idea of using implanted RFID chips to determine someone's geographic location is not new. The idea of a remotely operated cyanide release capsule in someone's body is also not new, it having appeared in numerous fiction books, and I bet there are also previous designs as well. I like the inventor's list of people whom the chip could be implanted in:

The inventor said the chip could be used to track terrorists, criminals, fugitives, illegal immigrants, political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520331,00.html

He's from another world, I think.

**Xeno** · 05-21-2009, 03:06 PM

I could understand a chip that'd be capable of tracking someone, even administering weak electric shocks. But... Cyanide..?

***SOUL-DRIFTER*** · 05-21-2009, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Xeno

I could understand a chip that'd be capable of tracking someone, even administering weak electric shocks. But... Cyanide..?

Perhaps the CIA or the like will take interest in it.

**Andrew** · 05-21-2009, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by SOUL-DRIFTER

Perhaps the CIA or the like will take interest in it.

That might be teaching them to suck eggs.

**Xeno** · 05-21-2009, 04:44 PM

But still... RFID can be hacked with relative ease (Relative to certain other computer systems). Also, government systems have been shown to be vunerable to hackers. Imagine if this was installed in many people and a terrorist hacker got into the control server.
There's also possibility of malfunction.
No device that can be manipulated by humans should be able to do such things.