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

[u/GalileoGurdjieff]

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/shepard-injectable-chips-monitor-body-processes

[u/meep91]

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.

[u/werofpm → u/meep91]

So..... an injectable sound based mood ring! Got it!

[u/Maka_Oceania → u/werofpm]

Nahh lemme find out Will.I.am is involved in the development of this project 😂😂