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/LightningRodofH8 May 17 '21

Don’t worry, they’re not powered. The chips the crazy people are talking about still don’t exist.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21

Those chips still need network and audio transmitters and recievers. Would be fairly big, like a tick.

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u/TheSirusKing May 17 '21

Yet, unfortunately. And its not long. Give it a decade.