Remote-Controlled Chip Implanted Under Woman’s Skin

LEXINGTON, Mass. (CBS Connecticut) – The term “wearable technology” is about to get a little deeper; skin deep.
According to CNET, a chip has been developed that is capable of being used as a contraceptive or for other drug administration purposes once placed under the skin.

 

As part of the Bill & Miranda Gates Foundation Family Planning program, a team led by MIT’s Robert Langer has proposed that the chip be used to deliver birth control to women.

 

The company MicroCHIPS in Lexington, Massachusetts developed a chip that is a 20 x 20 x 7 millimeter reservoir array which could be used to deliver birth control to women for 16 years once placed under the skin.

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