Wisconsin Company Known for Microchipping Employees Plans GPS Tracking Chip for People With Dementia

Wisconsin-based Three Square Market, which has implanted microchips to track willing employees and assist them in their activities, will soon unveil a body heat-driven microchip for people with dementia that incorporates global-positioning system (GPS) and voice recognition technology, reports CNBC . Three Square Market President Patrick McMullan says the company will be ready to beta test the GPS tracking chip early next year and pursue product approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Three Square Market started developing the chip in 2017, around the time it branched out from self-service kiosks into microchips, smart city, and medical error mitigation solutions. "It's not only GPS, it's not only voice activation, it's working on monitoring your vital signs," McMullan says. "And there are different medical institutions that obviously want that. It's going to tell my ... doctor's office I have an issue." Three Square Market CEO Todd Westby argues that the company is making the issue of advanced medical implants acceptable, "or brought it to the forefront where people are now talking about it and looking at the benefits it can do for a person."