tesla key chip implant

Image via Twitter: @AmieDoubleD

Watch: Tesla owner implants RFID chip into her arm [video]

Well, then… That’s one way to make sure you never lose your car keys…

tesla key chip implant

Image via Twitter: @AmieDoubleD

There seems to be a slow and steady movement towards a future where our bodies and our technologies merge. Technology is rapidly getting smaller, more powerful and more important to the way humans interact with the world and each other.

For many, the idea of eventually being part-machine is a terrifying apocalyptic thought. For others, inserting tech under their skin is just another thing to add to their to-do list.

Amie DD is one of the latter. She recently posted a video showing her latest high-tech bio-hack modification. In the video, we get to see how she had her Tesla Model 3 key inserted into her left arm.

What is bio-hacking

Bio-hacking, also known as DIY-biology, is hardly a new idea. People have been playing around with hacking their anatomy to integrate better with the tech world for quite some time.

Whether it’s getting rid of solid food in favour of oatmeal-flavoured liquid meals or placing magnets under the finger of your skin, people are loathe to accept the biological limits set on them.

Bio-hacking encapsulates any attempt – whether through ‘tricking’ your brain to change habits or implanting tech under your skin – to manipulate your brain and body to optimise performance.

Amie DD’s Tesla chip implant

Amie DD for one seems to be unhappy with access control in general and keys specifically. Amie DD does not want to have to carry another key for as long as she lives as far as I can tell, and I approve of the sentiment.

While her latest idea to be able to open and start her car without having to carry a key around on her person has garnered much attention, this is actually her second such procedure.

She previously had an RFID chip implanted in her hand. She can program the chip which she can currently use to access her home. The original plan was for her to whip up some home-brewed code and enable her existing implant to unlock her Tesla.

As it happens, Tesla’s security is not bad, which meant despite spending a fair amount of time trying to figure out how to get her existing implant to talk to her car she eventually had to give up and liberate the RFID chip from her Tesla valet card.

How Amie DD did it

In order to get at the chip, she dissolved the card in acetone. Once removed, she then had the RFID chip encased in biopolymer and got a body modification professional to inject into her left arm.

As much as a key-free future appeal to me, I’m not sure if I’m as committed to the idea as she is.

If you don’t mind a bit of blood, watch the video before you go rushing off to get your car keys disassembled and injected into your arm.

Watch: Amie DD’s Tesla chip bio-hack

Note: There is blood in this video.