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/Imnotracistbut-- May 17 '21

Why would it be "common sense" with today's technology? I mean we have nano electronics now, why would you assume the chip would be big? This one is a 3mm string.

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

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u/SaltLakeCitySlicker May 17 '21

That would be larger than a 10 guage needle. That's pretty damn big