EXHIBIT 32.2

                            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 this  Amendment No. 3 to the Annual Report of Applied
Digital  Solutions,  Inc.  (the  "Company") on Form 10-K/A for the period ending
December 31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the
date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Evan C. McKeown,  Chief Financial 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/ Evan C. McKeown
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Evan C. McKeown
Chief Financial Officer
September 22, 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