2026
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Launch: Payment via Apex Ring Conversion
June 2026: Dangerous Things launches payment via Apex Ring conversion. A practical payment implant, at last.
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2024
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VivoKey ID: Passwords, Keys, and Cards - Gone
A December 2024 explainer coins 'VivoKey ID' for what we build: passwords, keys, and cards replaced by a wave of your hand.
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2024
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The Payment Implant Journey: Walletmor CTO to Tokyo
From Walletmor CTO to tapping my hand at terminals around Tokyo: the long road to a working payment implant.
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2018
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VivoKey: Cryptographic Identity Under the Skin
In 2017 I founded VivoKey Technologies to put cryptographic identity under the skin. RebelBio, London, and the Spark followed.
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2013
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The xNT: Crowdfunding the World's First NFC-Compliant Implant
The xNT Indiegogo went live October 28, 2013: an $8,000 goal, a $99 chip, and the first NFC-compliant implant headed to market.
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2012
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Founding Dangerous Things
From a ToorCamp folding table to a Seattle company: the storefront announcement, the warning page, and the start of Dangerous Things.
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2012
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Out With the Old: Replacing the Right-Hand Implant
After seven years the HITAG S came out of my right hand: twenty minutes of forceps work, one gloved self-assist, and a new tag beside it.
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2005
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A Second Chip - and Jenny Gets One Too
June 2005: a HITAG S 2048 goes into my right hand. December: Jennifer gets an EM4102 of her own. The 'RFID couple' era begins.
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2005
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One Small Step for Hand: The World's First Hobbyist RFID Implant
March 2005: an EM4102 glass tag goes into my left hand, Boing Boing finds the photos, and the first hobbyist RFID implant goes public.
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