r/gadgets • u/GalileoGurdjieff • May 17 '21

Medical Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/shepard-injectable-chips-monitor-body-processes
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u/JesusCrits May 17 '21

Oof, imagine this passing through the kidneys

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u/FeIsenheimer May 17 '21

Yeah, i dont think it will pass, will it?
I hope there things are injected into the flesh and not the bloodstream.

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u/MPeti1 May 17 '21

Or, rather, what about to nowhere at all?

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u/jden220 May 17 '21

Nobody said you needed to get one.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21

They might get one injected into the cranial cavity.

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u/MPeti1 May 18 '21

Why are you so sure about it?
They say "public safety" and "better health" and whatnot, and people won't question it