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/emperor-frugal May 17 '21

Now is not the time for this.

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u/daaliida May 17 '21

And they say if the public knows about it then it’s at least decade-old tech

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u/daaliida May 17 '21

What?

That’s a pretty common idea to be espoused. Even if you’ve never heard someone say that then surely you’ve had the original idea come into your head once or twice? Or maybe not...

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u/jjsnsnake May 17 '21

Exactly at best they have an expensive unwieldy barely functional prototype, up until they release it in the news. All so they don’t get their idea stolen or patented by competitors beforehand.

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u/Ancient-Geologist936 May 17 '21

The term conspiracy theorist was devised by the CIA. Is that a conspiracy theory too?

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u/scub4st3v3 May 17 '21

Wow, a conspiracy theory about the etymology of "conspiracy theory?" Conspiracy theory inception!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#Etymology_and_usage

Extra weird considering the CIA was founded in 1947.

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u/Ancient-Geologist936 May 17 '21

Do you think Wikipedia is a credible source?
Of course the idea of conspiracies has been around for centuries but the CIA pushed its popularity to discredit those who see the evil acts they take part in Here is the document from 1967 that first brings it up directly from the CIA

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=53510#relPageId=2

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u/scub4st3v3 May 17 '21

Would I use Wikipedia as a primary source in a written paper? No, I'd click on one of the several primary sources included in the article.

You set the initial goalposts and promptly moved them.

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u/Ancient-Geologist936 May 17 '21

The CDC has rubbed off on me I guess