LISTEN: Last week, Swedish proptech entrepreneur Magnus Svantegard from Datscha had a microchip implanted into his hand by a tattoo artist in Stockholm. It was part of an optional programme at Swedish co-working space Epicenter, where members can choose to be chipped to more efficiently use the space.
Svantegard can now access the building, office and conference facilities by swiping his chipped hand and can also use the chip to pay for food in the onsite cafeterias. And that’s just within the co-working space itself. The chip also allows him to store tickets for Swedish Railway and access certain gyms.
He spoke to EG at NYC RE Tech Week about the implantation process and explained why he thinks others should consider following suit.
He said: “This is not that unusual in Sweden. Around 100 people at the co-working space are chipped now. It takes away things in your pocket like swipe cards and gym cards. Yes, it does track me, that is true. But my bank, my telephone operator and Google know much more about me. So that’s ok.
“My advice is that more people should go to Scandinavia and Sweden in particular to find out new things like this and how they are implemented.”
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