A Tesla owner implanted the RFID chip from her Model 3’s keycard into her arm

Image: Amie DD

Tesla’s Model 3 doesn’t come with a physical key. Instead, it can be unlocked and turned on with a smartphone, a car-shaped key fob, or a keycard that comes in handy if you don’t have a fob or your phone dies. One creative driver figured out a way to make sure that she can always unlock and start her Model 3: she implanted the RFID tag from the keycard into her forearm.

Amie DD is a software engineer and self-described “maker of things.” In a video, she explained that she had implanted an RFID tag in her arm years ago, which she had used to open her home’s front door and to send a smartphone’s browser to her personal website. When she preordered her Model 3, she realized that she could probably do something similar with the keycard. She...

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A Tesla owner implanted the RFID chip from her Model 3’s keycard into her arm A Tesla owner implanted the RFID chip from her Model 3’s keycard into her arm Reviewed by Benny on August 12, 2019 Rating: 5

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