Whenever I read about dopey high-tech medical devices i think of Mr. Goldberg.
Posted on 06/21/2021 11:02:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The so-called ‘living pharmacy’ will be able to manufacture pharmaceuticals from inside the body
The implantable living pharmacy, which is still in the “proof of concept” stage of development, is actually envisioned as two separate devices—a microchip implant and an armband. The implant will contain a layer of living synthetic cells, along with a sensor that measures temperature, a short-range wireless transmitter and a photo detector. The cells are sourced from a human donor and reengineered to perform specific functions. They’ll be mass produced in the lab, and slathered onto a layer of tiny LED lights.
The microchip will be set with a unique identification number and encryption key, then implanted under the skin in an outpatient procedure. The chip will be controlled by a battery-powered hub attached to an armband. That hub will receive signals transmitted from a mobile app.
Using short-range wireless communications, the hub will receive the signal and activate the LED lights inside the chip. The lights will shine on the synthetic cells, stimulating them to generate two compounds that are naturally produced in the body. The compounds will be released directly into the bloodstream, heading towards targeted locations, such as a tiny, centrally-located structure in the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) that serves as master pacemaker of the circadian rhythm. Whatever the target location, the flow of biomolecules will alter the natural clock...
The synthetic cells will be kept isolated from the host’s immune system by a membrane constructed of novel biomaterials, allowing only nutrients and oxygen in and only the compounds out. Should anything go wrong...swallow a pill that would kill the cells inside the chip only, leaving the rest of their body unaffected.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
A microchip with a unique ID implanted under the skin?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Nobody’d implanting anything in my body.
Will you have to take it into the dealer to be reprogrammed when you start a graveyard shift?
We sure do live in interesting times
“A microchip with a unique ID implanted under the skin?
What could possibly go wrong?”
Can’t think of a thing. Sign me up!
I’m sure they’ll come up with one, eventually, that allows people to buy and sell.
With like a 999 or something.
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Oh heck no. They'll reprogram you over the Internet like Texas is doing with AC thermostats.
Much more efficient than doing it by social media.
I think I'm thankful that I'll be dead before this technology hits the market. Gives me the creeps.
No.
It wont.
Hell if they know.
Remotely controlled, no doubt.
Like an on/off switch.
For your life.
Microchip? Check.
Armband? Check.
Control? Check.
What could possibly go wrong?
Whenever I read about dopey high-tech medical devices i think of Mr. Goldberg.
In the Dust series, you had to pay money to get sleep.
You'll get no props from me on this. One thing very dangerously leads to another.
Please, let's not start down this road.
I have this irresistible urge to vote for Harris. I just can’t get it out of my head.
And yet some still don’t believe Revelation 13 is coming. Oh well. To each his own.
Turning people into robots incrementally.
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