Swedish workers get microchipped

HOW would you feel about having a microchip implanted in your hand to make things more convenient at work?

In Sweden, some workers are actually volunteering to do just that, electing to have a chip the size of a grain of rice implanted in their bodies to help them unlock doors, operate printers, open storage lockers and even buy smoothies with the wave of their hand, according to an Associated Press report.

Epicenter, a digital hub in Stockholm that houses more than 300 startups and innovation labs for larger companies, has made the implanted chip available to its own workers and to member organisations in recent years, a biohacking experiment in simplicity that's been embraced by some early adopters associated with the centre but represents a technological frontier sure to make other people shudder.