intersting thing going on over in India,
how much longer before we get "chip imbedded"?
http://www.automationworld.com/news-6405
Many countries have either a card or a number as national identity—such as the U.S. Social Security Number for citizens, China and Hong Kong with ID cards, and South Korea with a 13-digit ID number—but India is the first country to begin a biometrics-based, multi-purpose ID number verifiable online on such a grand scale....
UID will contain details including name, gender, address, marital status, photo, identification mark and finger biometrics by 2011.