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March 21, 2019

Human chipping – will it ever go mainstream?

Sweden has become the go-to country for implants under the skin. Why — and will chips become obsolete before they become more useful?


Mimi Billing

10 min read

Why are Swedish people so positive about having a chip under the skin? Pictured is Mimi Billing getting her implant in 2017.

Alexander Huber, the managing director for the Nordic region at the travel agent Tui, has a microchip about the size of a grain of rice implanted into his hand.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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