Singapore aquarium puts chips in fish

[Anonymous]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070523/tc_ ... chips_dc_2

Singapore aquarium puts chips in fish

Wed May 23, 11:47 AM ET

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's aquarium has tagged some of its fishes using microchips to help visitors identify the different species on display.

Visitors to the Underwater World aquarium can see the name, species and other information displayed on a touch screen whenever any of the 20 tagged fishes swim past a sensor, said Peter Chew, sales and marketing manager at Underwater World.

"Gone are the days when visitors are happy looking at animals and matching them with the information on the sign boards," Chew said.

Underwater World, which is on Singapore's Sentosa island, is the first aquarium in the world to tag its exhibit fishes with microchips using the radio frequency identification technology, Chew said.

The aquarium, which took three months to set up the S$30,000 ($19,600) system, is also considering tagging sharks, he said.

Those tagged include arapaima, one of the world's largest freshwater fish, and pacu, which is related to the piranha.

 

[Anonymous]

What's the point of tagging the big fish since they are readily recognizible? :?

 

[Anonymous]

Singapore aquarium puts chips in fish

The Brits will love it!

 

[Anonymous]

That's Fish iN Chip, not chip in fish.

 

[Anonymous]

What's the point of tagging the big fish since they are readily recognizible? :?

You mean, recognizable to nerdalerds like us. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

iFish.

Apple lawyers, to the iMobile!!

 

[Anonymous]

Maybe the first public aquarium to use RFID in this manor, but fish have been chipped for many years now.

 

[Anonymous]

Maybe the first public aquarium to use RFID in this manor, but fish have been chipped for many years now.

The aquarium's in an old stately home?

 

[Anonymous]

Wahoo, I've hooked onto another spell checker

 

[Anonymous]

Wahoo, I've hooked onto another spell checker

And one of the most nit-picking and pedantic around!

*salutes*