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Implantable chips may replace the pill

Microchips, a technology company in the United States, has proposed a new birth control program: The subcutaneous implant chip controls the amount of hormones in the body. The chip is about the size of 20mmx7mm, with a life expectancy of 16 years and a daily dose of 30 mg of "left acetylene" (the main ingredient of the pill). If a couple wants to get pregnant, you can turn off the chip directly by remote control and switch it on when needed.

At present, the device has passed clinical trials, can be implanted by local anesthesia under the skin, not more than 30 minutes, but the technology still has deficiencies, such as chip encryption technology needs to be improved. It is said to be expected to be officially published in about 2018 years. Now, the technology has become part of the Bill and Melinda Foundation's family planning programme.

MC10 epidermal electronic patch can monitor heartbeat, body metabolism level

MC10 physiological monitoring chip, can be affixed to the skin, like a temporary tattoo, to monitor such as heart temperature and other physiological indicators, the user through a matching application to view the data.

MC10 physiological monitoring chip is now mainly used in the field of medical and sports detection. At last year's D11 conference, Motorola's senior vice president for future technology and projects, Regina Dugan, presented an electronic tattoo. This tattoo can be used as a password to protect people's personal privacy.

New security technology eliminates the need for a password, "vitamin certified" pill to unlock directly

Last year, Motorola produced a sci-fi-filled vitamin pill that, after eating it, was driven by stomach acid and emitted a 18-digit electronic signal in your body. Your body is your own identity certificate. Dugan called it "Vitamin certification."

Motorola said the pill had been approved by the FDA, but would not be released in the near future.

Southpaw Compass: keep you from getting lost

Electronic engineer Blaine Mccoy designed an implanted compass called Southpaw. The principle of this compass is to seal a miniature compass into a silicon sleeve, and then cover it with a round titanium shell and implant it under the skin, leaving a slim, thin whisker outside. When the user faces north, this fine must be activated, slightly stimulating the skin.

McCoy is working with experts to implant his own body. In fact, before there are science and technology madman himself implanted, such as the ear of the technology to implant magnetic headphones, in the hands of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip to store pictures of artists and so on, it is these people, with their own practice, greatly promote the development of implantable technology.

"Wearable" thermometer comes out

Last year, researchers at University's Illinois developed an electronic tattoo that was directly attached to human skin to monitor body temperature. The electronic tattoo looks like a gold-plated barcode, which is attached to the skin with a water-soluble adhesive. There are two different versions, but the use is similar, the main is to accurately measure the body temperature, analysis of temperature peaks in different periods, but also through the intravenous monitoring of the flow of heat energy in the blood.

The electronic tattoo is said to be priced for only a few dollars. The team is also doing some more in-depth experiments, how to put the electronic tattoo in the body's internal organs, even the heart of the wall, so as to monitor the various indicators of the human body.