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With Laura Maxwell - 20/02/2019

Would you get a microchip implanted into your body? Or would you consider it for a loved one, perhaps a child or an elderly relative with dementia?

PHONE-IN
If your boss asked you - would you get a Microchip implanted into your hand? Some UK companies are looking at doing just that, using microchip technology permanently inserted in people's hands to allow access to buildings instead of traditional key cards. And a British man, who lost all 4 limbs, has become the first person to have a microchip embedded in their body to give him his independence back.
LAURA ASKS
Would you get a microchip implanted into your body? Or would you consider it for a loved one - perhaps a child, or an elderly relative with dementia?

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Wed 20 Feb 2019 09:00

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