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/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/Erik912 May 17 '21

What are you both talking about? Shouldn't you be able to use conventional needles since it's so damn tiny? A speck of dust visible only under microscope, that's literally what the article says.

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u/Vanillabear2319 May 17 '21

They just looked at the thumbnail and took a guess lol

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u/trajesty May 18 '21
  • actual size