WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/AMAl GrAAfStrA The hand of microchip implant hobbyist Amal Graafstra, just after an operation to insert an RFID tag. The yellow coloration comes from iodine used to disinfect the hand for surgery. Giving Meaning to RFID and Cochlear Implants SANDRA WAGEMAKERS, LIESBET VAN ZOONEN, AND GEORGINA TURNER Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MTS.2014.2319978 Date of publication: 4 June 2014 IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE | SuMMEr 2014 1932-4529/14/$31.00©2014IEEE | 73