Posted on 05/16/2021 8:35:25 PM PDT by algore
Researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have built what they say is the world's smallest single-chip system, consuming a total volume of less than 0.1 mm3. The system is as small as a dust mite and visible only under a microscope. In order to achieve this, the team used ultrasound to both power and communicate with the device wirelessly. The study was published online May 7 in Science Advances.
“We wanted to see how far we could push the limits on how small a functioning chip we could make,” said the study’s leader Ken Shepard, Lau Family professor of electrical engineering and professor of biomedical engineering. “This is a new idea of ‘chip as system’—this is a chip that alone, with nothing else, is a complete functioning electronic system. This should be revolutionary for developing wireless, miniaturized implantable medical devices that can sense different things, be used in clinical applications, and eventually approved for human use.”
The team also included Elisa Konofagou, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical engineering and professor of radiology, as well as Stephen A. Lee, PhD student in the Konofagou lab who assisted in the animal studies.
The design was done by doctoral student Chen Shi, who is the first author of the study. Shi’s design is unique in its volumetric efficiency, the amount of function that is contained in a given amount of volume. Traditional RF communications links are not possible for a device this small because the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave is too large relative to the size of the device.
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“So small, they can be injected with a needle.”
How convenient!
Heaven help us.
No thanks.
What type of power source? Service life expectancy will be as long s they are small.
Says it's ultrasound.
we added piezoelectric materials directly onto the integrated circuit to transducer acoustic energy to electrical energy.
As long as it can receive acoustic sound to vibrate the piezoelectric material, it can have a for life service life until you die or it leaves the body. Now if they can introduce AI into the chip, a bunch of them can team up inside the body to do... whatever scientists can dream up.
I see foreign body reactions developing from injectable chips.
Forget it!
There are many other ways to monitor body functions.
I sincerely doubt it because there are many questions on piezoelectric materials durability. The flow of electrons and liquid penetration through a piezo electric material then there is degradation of the structure and then failure. The bodily fluids are complex and can degrade the material. The laws of physics and chemistry rule!
Well that’s really something. Soon entire cemeteries will be voting Democrat.
I would be concerned if that micro-chipped implant could get loose and float into the brain where it could cause a blockage.
Welcome to your nightmare. Cant tell me there is a possibility its in your vax
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