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Kill the ill within with Phillip’s robotic iPill

Bharat — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:35:04 +0000

Finally, there is a pill to overcome all illness woes. Next time you go down with a digestive disorder, you wouldn’t have to wait to gulp a pill down for instant relief; coz already stationed in your digestive system, an intelligently made iPill...

Graphene may replace silicon in microchip manufacturing

Jaiyant Cavale — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:42:08 +0000

Graphene, the tough material that can stand even a diamond cutter may soon be used in manufacturing microchips. Graphene may soon replace silicon and help manufacture mega batteries. Thanks to the engineers at the University of Texas, electric...

Wireless hospitals systems can disrupt med devices

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:00:41 +0000

Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a study that warned hospitals to...

Pet identification - ID tags, ID on collars and microchips

Sujatha — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:32:36 +0000

Sometimes pets stray out of homes and lose their way. Pets also get stolen, or lost during natural disasters like cyclones, floods, earthquakes, and very heavy rains, and also scared out of homes during festivals like Diwali. It is not always easy...

Malaysia develops world's smallest microchip with radio technology

Naveen — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:45:02 +0000

After being in the R&D phase for more than two years, a microchip with radio technology has been developed in Malaysia which is claimed to be the world’s smallest. With the three versions priced at six cents each, the smallest version of...

IBM shows groundbreaking eDRAM memory technology

Naveen — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:58:35 +0000

IBM has revealed its new high-performance eDRAM memory technology at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. The new on-chip memory technology is claimed to tout the fastest access times ever witnessed with eDRAM (Embedded Dynamic...

Plastic Microchip: An end to silicon microchip?

Naveen — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:00:27 +0000

The emerging new technologies in the electronics industry are cutting down the production costs to a great extent but can you even imagine how low will be the production cost for a plastic microchip? Well, a British firm named Plastic Logic...

Patients to be implanted with rice-sized chip to help doctors retrieve their medical records

Irani — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:00:23 +0000

With the world of medicine witnessing the amazing magic of science, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey executes an innovative new test program, in which it plans to implant patients who are suffering from chronic diseases with...

In Focus: Open pet microchip technology

Vikas Shekhawat — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:14:24 +0000

It’s a new dawn for thousands of lost pets with the introduction of open microchip technology in which all scanners can read all chips. In the absence of the open microchip technology the companies are free to encrypt their microchips...

Microchips: Reuniting pets and owners

Vikas Shekhawat — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:47 +0000

Fauquier’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Virginia, has been reuniting pets and owners since the implementation of the microchip tracking system in its shelter. Earlier, it used to be a hectic affair altogether, both for...