I'D PREFER TO HAVE A BARCODE TATTOOED ON MY FOREHEAD, THANKS. I'm looking into the veracity of this story, which says that a nightclub in Barcelona is implanting RFID chips in clubgoers so as to allow them to pay for their drinks without carrying a wallet.

UPDATE: Yup, it's true. From an interview with the club's owner:

"By simply passing by our reader, the Baja beach Club will know who you are and what your credit balance is. From the moment of their implantation they will also have free entry and access to the VIP area which we will formally open the 25th of March.
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The objective of this technology is to bring an ID system to a global level that will destroy the need to carry ID documents and credit cards. The veriChip the we implant in the Baja will not only be for the Baja, but is also useful for whatever other enterprise that makes use of this technology."
- posted by thegusdad @ 5/12/2004 11:19:00 AM