The world’s smallest implantable chip that can monitor people’s medical conditions has been created.
Before you start thinking Bill Gates really did create a chip to put in people, this innovative chip was created by engineers at Colombia University, New York, and doesn’t have anything to do with the tech mogul.
The total volume of the chip is less than 0.1 mm3 – around the same size as a dust mite – and therefore is only visible through a microscope. Apparently the chip will be able to do an array of things, in addition to monitoring people’s medical conditions.
Some of the physical conditions it’s hoped to be able to monitor include temperature, blood pressure, glucose, and respiration for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
According to the university, it will be able to support and enhance physiological functions and treat diseases which will overall improve the patient’s quality of life.