Implanted RFID chip controls office access for Stockholm workers

At the newly opened Epicenter office complex in central Stockholm, workers no longer need a badge or pass code to open doors: a microchip implanted in their hand does the trick.

The radio-frequency identification or RFID chip is made of pyrex glass and contains an antenna and microchip, with no need for batteries.

It allows carriers to open doors, operate a photocopier or swap contact details via a smartphone.

Co-founder and CEO of the high-tech office complex, which is home to innovative companies large and small, Patrick Mesterton says it is the ideal location to test such technology.

“The chip is the size of the larger rice grain – it’s about twelve millimetres in size. It’s put in with a syringe and it sends an RFID code, so it’s an identification tool that can communicate with objects around you. So here, you can open doors using your chip, you can do secure printing from our printers with your chip but you can also communicate with your mobile phone by sending your busin