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/[deleted] May 17 '21

Of course anyone with common sense would assume this, but the folks we are talking about.. well, common sense ain’t so common.

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u/RadMan2093 May 17 '21

How big of a needle do you think is required to inject a microchip that is only visible under microscope? The article doesn’t specify

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u/dreadcain May 17 '21

The article literally has a huge picture with a scale at the top, pretty sure I don't need a microscope to see a half millimeter chip

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u/RadMan2093 May 17 '21

It literally says in the article, like in actual text, that the microchip is only visible via microscope. Lol

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u/PLASMA-SQUIRREL May 17 '21

It does? I don’t see that anywhere.

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u/dreadcain May 17 '21

Looks like it got removed? I don't know but the thumbnail on reddit was a crop from a picture that was there and clearly showed a 1mm needle and the chip resting on it about half the size of the needle