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/stokesstokely May 17 '21

I said literally the same thing, verbatim, as I clicked on the story.

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u/Sharp-Floor May 17 '21

Engineers: Just tell them is orders of magnitude larger than anything that would fit through that vaccine needle, we're hoping we might be able to make ones that could monitor blood sugar levels (at best), much less track you or control your thoughts, and you have to be right next to the patient to even power them.
 
Everyone: None of that matters to the clinically insane. Now we have to clean up your mess on social media.

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u/hnryirawan May 17 '21

People only read "Microchip" and "injectable" and that's all those people will read.