In this day and age of never-ending tragic Florida headlines where children have wandered off, gone missing or even worse, been kidnapped, is the microchip thing such a bad idea?

Lipoff said right now the technology to track a microchip with GPS isn't available, but it can't be far off. He said you could track a human, with an implanted chip.

A GPS device can calculate its position based on the amount of time it takes to receive a signal from each of the four satellites. An RFID chip, on the other hand, is a microchip that is put into a ...

Want to know what’s up with your kid? Just implant her with a GPS microchip that can track her every move. That will be a real option for parents in 20 years, predicts Adrienne LaFrance in "Baby ...

An electronic ankle bracelet keeps track of an infant at a Texas hospital in 2011. In 20 years, parents might be able to implant a GPS microchip in their babies to track their every move, says one ...

An electronic ankle bracelet keeps track of an infant at a Texas hospital in 2011. In 20 years, parents might be able to implant a GPS microchip in their babies to track their every move, says one ...