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Chipping corpses
"Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) company VeriChip is implanting tags in corpses to help the Mississippi State Department of Health keep track of decomposing bodies in the aftermath of Katrina. From the Red Herring:
The company, which is a subsidiary of publicly traded Applied Digital Solutions, said it is also in talks with Louisiana health authorities, though no agreement has been reached.