This is entirely a new way of tracking humans and animals. US-based Somark has developed visible or invisible ink tattoos that can be embedded into the human skin and tracked by RFID readers placed in a little distance. Animals can also be tracked in this way.
The company had tested its Biocompatible RFID ink product on cattle and laboratory rats and came out successfully. It now finds the real benefits of injecting and reading a tattoo within the skin of animals.
Ramos Mays, the chief scientist at Somark claims,
This proves the ability to create a synthetic biometric or fake fingerprint with Biocompatible Chipless RFID Ink and read it through hair.
The company plans to implement this technology in livestock industry initially to facilitate identify and track cattle, then on laboratory animals, dogs and cats, prime cuts of meat and military personnel.
