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| Implanted Microprocessor Monitor | ||
| Chips that are implanted in people to ensure compliance with company rules. |
How can you make sure that the employees of your company adhere to policies regarding drugs or other compounds?
| Friday night on Ninsei...
He stepped out of the way to let a dark-suited saraiman by, spotting the Mitsubishi-Genentech logo tattooed across the back of the man's right hand. Was it authentic? If that's for real, he thought, he's in for trouble. If itt wasn't, served him right. M-G employees above a certain level were implanted with advanced microprocessors that monitored mutagen levels in the bloodstream. Gear like that would get you rolled in Night City, straight into a black clinic. |
| Technovelgy from Neuromancer,
by William Gibson. Published by Phantasia Press in 1984 Additional resources -
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