This is Dr Mark Gasson. He’s a human being who’s managed to contract a nasty computer virus. Don’t feel too bad for him, though: he did it to himself.
As Dr Gasson explains in this interview with the BBC, giving himself a computer virus was actually a proof of concept. You see, when we eventually all have ID chips implanted into our hands – wait, what? – they could conceivably corrupt other critical devices like pacemakers and cochlear implants.
So if you needed a reason (other than general creeping paranoia) not to let someone stick a chip underneath your skin, now you’ve got it. [BBC via TechWorld]
Remember people, this is how the zombie apocalypse starts...
Its okay Shane, I already have a Zombie proof building scoped out up the road from my house. There is also a rifle shop another block from that.
Better get the tin foil hat out of storage.