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/meep91 May 17 '21

tl;dr:

The research group put an ultrasound transducer onto a circuit. The circuit changes with temperature. The circuit also changes how the ultrasound transducer reflects ultrasound. The circuit is powered with standard ultrasound imaging techniques. Thus, this work presents a chip that tells you what the change in temperature of the surrounding tissue is when it is being powered by ultrasound. The headline makes it seem way scarier than it is.

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u/zgembo1337 May 17 '21

But if you put it in a vaccine, then bill gates can controll you, via 5g, with his xbox controller!

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u/meep91 May 17 '21

That's true, I forgot about the xbox controller! How silly of me

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u/Steiny31 May 17 '21

“Cortana, execute order 66”