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Xega creates human tracking chip
Aug 22 2008, Jaiyant Cavale

If one had to save the number of people who go missing, one would have to be able to track them. GPS and other such technologies usually don’t help. Hence, the Xega Company has created an injectable chip, which is the size and shape of a rice kernel....

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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2; graphic explains how a device tracks internet users interest to target advertising; 3c x 3 1/8 inches; 146 mm x 79.4 mm

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