Implant chip teen dies
Guinea pig was child prodigy
By Nick Farrell: Monday 02 October 2006, 07:16
A TECH CHILD prodigy who hit the headlines in 2002 by having an
identification microchip implant has been killed in a motorbike
accident.
According to the Palm Beach Post, Derek Jacobs lost control of his
2005 Yamaha, struck and slid along a guardrail, hit a curb and
slammed into a wooden pole, throwing and killing him. Police say he
was not speeding or drunk.
Jacobs first hit public attention at age 12 when he became the
youngest Microsoft-certified systems engineer, qualifying him to
run the computer network of a medium to large corporation.
At 14 he and his parents each had a VeriChip implanted in their arm
in a procedure broadcast on NBC's Today show. At age 16 he went
straight to Florida International University near Miami, joining
the College of Engineering. Hehad given up on the idea of being a
techie and was planning to become a neurosurgeon.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2006/10/01/s1c_brFatal_1001.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17