Exhibit 32.1

                            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 quarter  ending June 30, 2004 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.  ss. 1350, as adopted  pursuant to ss. 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
August 3 2004

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to Applied  Digital  Solutions,  Inc.  and will be retained by Applied
Digital Solutions,  Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
or its staff upon request.