Exhibit 99.1



                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                           AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Applied Digital Solutions,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30,
2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Scott R. Silverman, Chief Executive Officer
of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
of the Company.




/s/ Scott R. Silverman
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Scott R. Silverman
Chief Executive Officer
March 31, 2003