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==The VeriChip™==


===What is it?===
== East meets West fashion ==
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Below I describe the future of Western fashion that will be more and more inspired by Eastern fashion. East meets West in fashion design; inspired by the past, stimulated by the future. <br>
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<td>The VeriChip™ is the first and only human-implantable RFID microchip used for the purposes of automatic identification.
[[Image:Eerste.jpg]]
This chip is about the size of a grain and can be inserted just under the skin. Each microchip contains a unique 16-digit ID. The chip itself does not contain any other data than this ID nor does it make use of GPS tracking capabilities.
 
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Because it is implanted under the skin, it can also not be lost unlike conventional forms of identification. Insertion under the skin is a quick, painless outpatient procedure.
'''The trend'''<br>
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People from different countries have their own clothes that represent their culture and way of life. Nowadays you see the influences of Eastern fashion more and more in Western fashion.<br> Fashion designers will continue to use more elements of both East and West cultures to create a totally new and different style in the future. This blend of East and West in clothing results in a wardrobe with more diversity and flexibility.  
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===Current status of the Verichip™===
Anthropological findings has shown that Asian clothes nowadays are more based on religious and historical dresses. Chinese clothes were historically hand-dyed paper garments. This lead to another type of needle embroidery today, known as Paper Mache work. <br>
[http://www.verichipcorp.com VeriChip Corporation] is the only company in the world today to apply this technology in its VeriMed and VeriGuard systems.
<br>The VeriMed system caters to the needs of healthcare professionals as well as patients by using the implanted chip to provide secure access to patient records.<br><br>
''There were 98,000 deaths in the U.S. last year due to medical mistakes.<br>
- American Medical Association''
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Communication barriers between patients and healthcare professionals due to impaired speech, memory loss, unconsciousness contribute to medical errors and lead to treatment delays. The Verichip™ ensures that healthcare professionals can access a patients name and critical information even under these circumstances using the chip's unique ID and a secure healthcare information database. You can find a video of CNN's coverage of this issue [http://www.verichipcorp.com/files/CNN_AmerMorn_013106.wmv here].
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The VeriGuard system offers the chip to organisations to aid with security issues by tracking their employees/assets and preventing unauthorised access.


===Future status of the Verichip™===
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Although the usage of the Verichip™ is currently limited to these two applications, we can easily picture many more applications for such a useful technology in areas such as financial, key security, defense, homeland security and secure-access.
The growth in this technology can be substantial as some of the biggest and well known hospitals in the US currently rely on this technology including the Stanford University Medical Center.


===Oustanding issues===
''1. Privacy issues<br>''
One has the option to implant the chip into an item of clothing that can be removed when privacy is required. The information stored on the chip can be easily stolen however what is stored on the chip is determined by the user.
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''2. Security issues<br>''
Western clothing will stay more convenient, practical and easy to wear, but you will see that Western fashion designers get inspired by the more colourful, embroidered, shiny, traditional clothes from the Asian culture.  
The implant has been proven to be insecure. The chip can be cloned however one must get to within 1 foot of someone to do this.
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''3.Moral issues<br>''
Christian leaders speculate that this device is fulfilling a prophesy from the Bible where individuals are marked with the sign of the beast. And some religions forbid members to penetrate their bodies with foreign objects.


===Conclusion===
'''Fabrics'''<br>
Although there are numerous controversial issues about this chip, we can see the enormous potential associated with it. Because of rather than in spite of these issues, I believe that the chip will evolve to a form which will satisfy the needs of users.
The Asian style and design will play a big role in Western fashion. Production in Eastern countries is cheaper, but besides that, luxury Asian fabrics will also become more popular in the West.<br> Take for example the fabric Pashmina from India. In the past, only rich and elite had the privilege of enjoying this luxurious fabric. Today Kashmir Pashmina is the finest, most original and authentic cashmere from Tibet and other higher reaches of Himalayas. The making of Kashmir cashmere is labour intensive and on an average it takes 200-250 hours of man's work to make a single pure plain Pashmina shawl without embroidery. A more exclusive Kashmir fabric is Shahtoosh. A fine Shahtoosh shawl passes through a finger ring.<br>
Other famous Kashmir fabrics are woollens and silk. The woollen shawls are within the reach of the most common people, while Shahtoosh is once-in-a-lifetime purchase. The woollen shawls have made the Kashmiri shawls very popular because of the embroidery.  


===Additional information and References===
'''Future'''<br>
So in the future we will see that more imported materials (cheap and luxury) will be used. Today Ralph Lauren sells exclusive Kashmir sweaters for almost 500 dollar per piece! Also the Western clothes will show more Asian elements. For example the traditional Pakistani Kameez (long shirt) is worn nowadays also as long, decorated shirt in the West.


[http://www.verichipcorp.com/content/company/1117572449 <u>What is RFID?</u>]<br>
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) refers to technologies that utilize radio waves to automatically identify individual items. When RFID first emerged, it was used in tracking and access applications. Since then, it has developed as a robust technology with ever increasing processing speeds, wider reading ranges, and larger memory capacities.<br>


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verichip Wikipedia on the Verichip]
And you can already find bags in the shops with decoration of little pieces in mirrors (influenced by Rajasthan in India). But besides fashion, we will also see Asian elements in home interior, furniture, floor coverings, (baby) blankets, embroidered wall hangings, robes, accessories like handed-embroidered hats, scarves and gloves. <br>
[[Image:interieur.jpg]]


[http://cq.cx/verichip.pl Cloning of the Verichip]
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http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/1115/fa13-1.html<br>
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/exhibits/eastwest/eastwest.htm<br>
http://www.ganga-jal.com<br>
http://www.mymanchesteronline.co.uk/SiteAdmin.asp?UserSiteId=833<br>
http://www.101thingstodo.com/hawaii/oahu/shopping/shopasiapolynesia/index.php<br>
http://www.imports4you.com/pa1<br>
http://www.didriks.com/s.nl/sc.12/category.660<br>
http://www.ladakh-kashmir.com/jammu-kashmir-information/kashmir-fabric.html<br>
http://www.kashmirarts.com<br>

Latest revision as of 12:09, 15 May 2006

East meets West fashion

Below I describe the future of Western fashion that will be more and more inspired by Eastern fashion. East meets West in fashion design; inspired by the past, stimulated by the future.

Eerste.jpg


The trend
People from different countries have their own clothes that represent their culture and way of life. Nowadays you see the influences of Eastern fashion more and more in Western fashion.
Fashion designers will continue to use more elements of both East and West cultures to create a totally new and different style in the future. This blend of East and West in clothing results in a wardrobe with more diversity and flexibility.

Anthropological findings has shown that Asian clothes nowadays are more based on religious and historical dresses. Chinese clothes were historically hand-dyed paper garments. This lead to another type of needle embroidery today, known as Paper Mache work.

Tweede.jpg


Western clothing will stay more convenient, practical and easy to wear, but you will see that Western fashion designers get inspired by the more colourful, embroidered, shiny, traditional clothes from the Asian culture.

Fabrics
The Asian style and design will play a big role in Western fashion. Production in Eastern countries is cheaper, but besides that, luxury Asian fabrics will also become more popular in the West.
Take for example the fabric Pashmina from India. In the past, only rich and elite had the privilege of enjoying this luxurious fabric. Today Kashmir Pashmina is the finest, most original and authentic cashmere from Tibet and other higher reaches of Himalayas. The making of Kashmir cashmere is labour intensive and on an average it takes 200-250 hours of man's work to make a single pure plain Pashmina shawl without embroidery. A more exclusive Kashmir fabric is Shahtoosh. A fine Shahtoosh shawl passes through a finger ring.
Other famous Kashmir fabrics are woollens and silk. The woollen shawls are within the reach of the most common people, while Shahtoosh is once-in-a-lifetime purchase. The woollen shawls have made the Kashmiri shawls very popular because of the embroidery.

Future
So in the future we will see that more imported materials (cheap and luxury) will be used. Today Ralph Lauren sells exclusive Kashmir sweaters for almost 500 dollar per piece! Also the Western clothes will show more Asian elements. For example the traditional Pakistani Kameez (long shirt) is worn nowadays also as long, decorated shirt in the West.


And you can already find bags in the shops with decoration of little pieces in mirrors (influenced by Rajasthan in India). But besides fashion, we will also see Asian elements in home interior, furniture, floor coverings, (baby) blankets, embroidered wall hangings, robes, accessories like handed-embroidered hats, scarves and gloves.
Interieur.jpg


http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2001/1115/fa13-1.html
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/exhibits/eastwest/eastwest.htm
http://www.ganga-jal.com
http://www.mymanchesteronline.co.uk/SiteAdmin.asp?UserSiteId=833
http://www.101thingstodo.com/hawaii/oahu/shopping/shopasiapolynesia/index.php
http://www.imports4you.com/pa1
http://www.didriks.com/s.nl/sc.12/category.660
http://www.ladakh-kashmir.com/jammu-kashmir-information/kashmir-fabric.html
http://www.kashmirarts.com

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