[스크랩] (시드니 모닝 헤럴드) 새로운 결제방식인 이식된 칩

Chip implants beneath the skin bring a new meaning to 'pay wave'

Micro-chip implants for making payments and locking doors are the next frontier, but are the pitfalls worth it?
결제를 하고 문을 잠그는 것과 같은 기능을 가진 마이크로칩의 이식이 차기 첨단분야가 될것임

Amal Graafstra holding a large hypodermic needle - the kind needed to inject an RFID chip into your hand. Photo: Supplied
사진속 남자가 들고 있는것이 RFID 칩을 손에 이식할 때 사용하는 피하주사침임

Most tech-heads like to tinker with the inner workings of iPhones or clapped out VCRs.

But Amal Graafstra is different. For the last 10 years, he's been busy hacking into his own body.

His US company Dangerous Things specialises in manufacturing rice grain-sized computer chips designed to be implanted inside the delicate webbing between the thumb and forefinger.

이 남자가 창립한 회사(Dangerous Things)는 검지와 엄지사이 피부속에 이식할수 있는 쌀알크기의 컴퓨터칩을 만드는 회사임.

Dangerous Things founder Amal Graafstra has an RFID chip implanted in each hand. Photo: Supplied
이 남자는 양손에 RFID칩을 이식했음.

"Getting an ear piercing is many times more risky," he says, reassuringly.

The bionic-grade glass chips use radio-frequency identification (RFID) to control electronic objects with the swipe of a hand - from the lock on a front door to a car ignition or a personal computer.

It's the same kind of technology used in pet ID tags; by itself, the chip doesn't do much, but when it comes into close contact with a "reader" device, it will transmit information that can then trigger commands.

이 생체공학적인 칩은 집문을 잠그는거에서부터 차시동이나 개인컴퓨터 등에 이르기까지 쓰이며 RFID기술을 사용함. 애완견 ID테그와 같은 종류의 기술임. 

The bionic glass chips are about the size of a grain of rice. Photo: Supplied

The chips only cost $US99 a pop, and while their core market is a handful of dedicated geeks - including a few in Australia - Graafstra says he's increasingly noticing a new kind of customer.

"What is becoming clear is there are more individuals purchasing the chips who have less knowledge about the technology," he says.

"They're into gadgets and they're geeky but they're not necessarily building their own stuff, so the type of customer is expanding slowly."

이 칩은 99불에 팔리고 있음. 

NFC chips are increasingly used for instant payment methods, including via smartphones. Photo: Visa

RFID chips are becoming more common elsewhere, too.

The most well-known standard of RFID is near-field communication (NFC), increasingly used in instant, digital payment transactions, which facilitate credit card payments in a matter of seconds with a simple tap.

RFID 칩은 점점 더 대중화되어가고 있음. RFID의 가장 잘 알려진 형태가 NFC임. 최근에 많이 사용되는 디지털결제수단임. 

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