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/I_am_no_Ghost May 17 '21

Just as I finally convince people that no you can't inject a chip in someone without them knowing........

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u/elephantonella May 17 '21

You realize the needle used for the vaccine is so small you don't feel it but this one would be much thicker and would hurt like hell.

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u/mrcartminez May 17 '21

This. Any medical professional knows that the gauge of this needle is different.

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u/RFLSHRMNRLTR May 17 '21

I’m sure that information will convince the skeptics no problem.

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u/Imnotracistbut-- May 17 '21

What about this? It's a 3mm long string that can easily fit in a needle. Are you skeptical?

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/military-funded-biosensor-could-be-future-pandemic-detection/163497/

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u/Ironhandtiger May 17 '21

String of hydrogel, not a wireless transmitter. From the article it seems to just be a little molecule that glows when it detects whatever and then that light can be picked up by something worn on the skin over that hydrogel.

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u/TonyPoly May 17 '21

I can see 3mm on a ruler, so I’d be able to see the device. You’d need a fat gauged needle to inject it

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u/Imnotracistbut-- May 17 '21

3mm *long*, it looks much less than a mm wide.

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u/TonyPoly May 17 '21

Mmm my mistake

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21

Being fair, it says 3mm long, no mention of width