What’s the maximum read range of the VeriChip?
Scott Silverman: The VeriChip is a tiny little passive RFID device that gets injected into the arm of a human being. The device itself is about eleven millimeters by one millimeter. We always compare it to the size of a grain of rice. And the read range is actually determined by the size of the antennae that is placed into the scanner that awakens the passive chip and, in essence, reads a sixteen-digit identification number. In the primary application for VeriChip, which is the VeriMed application for medical records, the read range is rather short because the handheld scanner is small. It’s about six to twelve inches. Where is the best location for the chip in a person? Our physicians have chosen the upper right arm near the tricep as the standard location for the VeriChip for two primary reasons. Number one, you need a standard location and the right arm is obviously ease of access. It’s not hard to get to it, people know where it is and you simply wave the scanner over the upper rig
