Edible Computer Chips

I chose to research a new invention know as "edible computer chips." This invention has staggering implications and could greatly change the world of medicine. These chips have the ability to activate once swallowed and send signals via Bluetooth to a device that can read of a lot of information such respiratory rate, temperature, and even body and to determine if the patient is standing up, sitting, or lying down. This chip will be very useful as it can track if the patient has taken their required pills or not and notify them if that is the case. It is great work in nanotechnology, but the only question is if it will receive approval from the FDA and is expected to be put out into the market either this year, 2011 or next year, 2012. If it is proven safe and working in clinical trials this could change both the way that medicine is prescribed and how those drugs are then used. The only other issue is that people may not be comfortable putting technology into their body and may reject this idea even if it is proved safe in clinical trials. The project itself has been extremely expensive, costing millions of dollars to get into working condition, but if it does in fact work it could be a great improvement for society. Given the amount of time that was spent in putting this project together it would be a great tragedy if they were never actually used or used well.


This technology could actually lead to breaking one of the computer ethics commandments. As it allows you to see your vital statistics people could easily use it to moniter you, which is not something that anyone really wants. So as long as these things are used for good, it could be great for people all over the world.