Fish ‘n’ Chips

So they did it. According to “The Register” and “Ananova” , a night club in Barcelona will chip it’s customer base:

A Spanish nightclub is giving guests the chance to pay for drinks and admission using a tiny microchip implanted under the skin.

By waving the part of the body containing the chip over a scanner, money is automatically deducted from their bank accounts.

The chips used by the night club are manufactured by “Applied Digital Solutions” , called “VeriChip” and already covered by this piece on “El Reg”. According to the news article, chipping will not be a singular event but quickly become a routine task:

The nightclub has now turned Tuesday nights into Implant Night where guests can be chipped in between drinking and dancing.

Well. I dare not imagine what will happen in Barcelona in the future. “El Reg” puts it very precisely:

With VeriChip all a crook would have to do is render a holder insensible - hardly difficult in a nightclub - and free drinks are theirs for the night.

Imagine the scenario - you get drunk in a Barcelona nightclub, pass out, and a month later you find you’re bankrupt because you’ve bought half the teenagers in the Catalan capital tapas.

They’re so right. Some more fish ‘n’ chips, please … Gracias.