The tiny rice-sized RFID microchips that you might put in your pet are a passive tracking device, which means they don't emit a signal, aren't constantly monitored, and can only be read right there at the sight of the pet.
Implantable GPS tracking chips aren't much in use for a few reasons. The body interferes with the signal. The implant needs an internal power source, which means it A) has a limited lifespan and B) will be fairly large for an implantable device. For example, a GPS device that I have is about the size of three quarters stacked together and it has a projected lifespan of a year.
But! We're dealing in a world with the Iron-Man suit, Pym particles, and all sorts of sci-fi nonsense, so make your device whatever size you want.
As for detection, I don't know much about what kind of signals communicate with GPS satellites, but they do make generic detectors for GPS tracking devices so I imagine that someone with enough know how could make such a device if they have enough electronic scrap.
Of the items mentioned, I would go for the exacto knife and to sterilize it I would submerge it in boiling water for 10 minutes.
How bloody it would be will depend on where it is, and how lucky your tagged character is. A largish device would probably be placed fairly deep in a meaty or fatty location such as thigh, buttock, or breast. If it were't deep, it would be pretty easily found just by firmly feeling all over the body.
A deep cut in a meaty area is going to bleed significantly, but probably not dangerously with decent first aid (unless a major vessel is hit). With my scenario of a largish device fairly deep in a meaty area, stitches would be ideal, but a lot of injuries that "need" stitches will eventually heal without them. The bigger danger would probably be infection over bleeding.
Now, if you decide to go with a smaller, more sci-fi device, you could imbed it more shallowly and remove it more safely. Put it somewhere the person is unlikely to casually touch often.
Re: Removing Tracking Devises Questions TW... IDK what for
The tiny rice-sized RFID microchips that you might put in your pet are a passive tracking device, which means they don't emit a signal, aren't constantly monitored, and can only be read right there at the sight of the pet.
Implantable GPS tracking chips aren't much in use for a few reasons. The body interferes with the signal. The implant needs an internal power source, which means it A) has a limited lifespan and B) will be fairly large for an implantable device. For example, a GPS device that I have is about the size of three quarters stacked together and it has a projected lifespan of a year.
But! We're dealing in a world with the Iron-Man suit, Pym particles, and all sorts of sci-fi nonsense, so make your device whatever size you want.
As for detection, I don't know much about what kind of signals communicate with GPS satellites, but they do make generic detectors for GPS tracking devices so I imagine that someone with enough know how could make such a device if they have enough electronic scrap.
Of the items mentioned, I would go for the exacto knife and to sterilize it I would submerge it in boiling water for 10 minutes.
How bloody it would be will depend on where it is, and how lucky your tagged character is. A largish device would probably be placed fairly deep in a meaty or fatty location such as thigh, buttock, or breast. If it were't deep, it would be pretty easily found just by firmly feeling all over the body.
A deep cut in a meaty area is going to bleed significantly, but probably not dangerously with decent first aid (unless a major vessel is hit). With my scenario of a largish device fairly deep in a meaty area, stitches would be ideal, but a lot of injuries that "need" stitches will eventually heal without them. The bigger danger would probably be infection over bleeding.
Now, if you decide to go with a smaller, more sci-fi device, you could imbed it more shallowly and remove it more safely. Put it somewhere the person is unlikely to casually touch often.