Birth control computer chip by KingFISHER 2014/07/09 10:06
Birth control computer chip 'could be on sale by 2018'
MicroCHIPS, an IT start-up company with links to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is developing a radical new contraceptive - a tiny microchip implanted under the skin that can be operated wirelessly by remote control.
In the 1990s, Robert S. Langer - the David H. Koch Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and reportedly "the most cited engineer in history" - and his colleagues Michael Cima and John Santini, developed a microchip technology that could release controlled amounts of chemicals.
Fast-forward to 2012, and Langer's MIT lab received a visit from Bill Gates, who inquires with Langer whether it would be feasible to create a new method of birth controlthat a woman could turn on and off as she likes and which she can use for many years.
Langer proposed that his controlled release microchip might offer a solution. Leasing the technology to MicroCHIPS, the company have developed a device measuring just 20 x 20 x 7 mm designed to be implanted under the skin of the buttocks, abdomen or upper arm.
The chip contains tiny reservoirs of the hormone levonorgestrel, which is already used in some contraceptives. The chip dispenses 30 mcg of levonorgestrel every day, and can hold enough of the hormone to do this for up to 16 years.
When a woman wishes to conceive, she simply turns off the device with a remote. The chip would not need to be removed from the woman until 16 years of use have elapsed. By contrast, current hormonal birth control implants last a maximum of 5 years.
The levonorgestrel is contained on the chip using a hermetic titanium and platinum seal developed by MicroCHIPS. The hormone is released by passing an electric current from an internal battery through the seal, which melts it temporarily, allowing a small dose of levonorgestrel to be released each day.
Birth control computer chip 'could be on sale by 2018'
MicroCHIPS, an IT start-up company with links to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is developing a radical new contraceptive - a tiny microchip implanted under the skin that can be operated wirelessly by remote control.
In the 1990s, Robert S. Langer - the David H. Koch Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and reportedly "the most cited engineer in history" - and his colleagues Michael Cima and John Santini, developed a microchip technology that could release controlled amounts of chemicals.
Fast-forward to 2012, and Langer's MIT lab received a visit from Bill Gates, who inquires with Langer whether it would be feasible to create a new method of birth controlthat a woman could turn on and off as she likes and which she can use for many years.
Langer proposed that his controlled release microchip might offer a solution. Leasing the technology to MicroCHIPS, the company have developed a device measuring just 20 x 20 x 7 mm designed to be implanted under the skin of the buttocks, abdomen or upper arm.
The chip contains tiny reservoirs of the hormone levonorgestrel, which is already used in some contraceptives. The chip dispenses 30 mcg of levonorgestrel every day, and can hold enough of the hormone to do this for up to 16 years.
When a woman wishes to conceive, she simply turns off the device with a remote. The chip would not need to be removed from the woman until 16 years of use have elapsed. By contrast, current hormonal birth control implants last a maximum of 5 years.
The levonorgestrel is contained on the chip using a hermetic titanium and platinum seal developed by MicroCHIPS. The hormone is released by passing an electric current from an internal battery through the seal, which melts it temporarily, allowing a small dose of levonorgestrel to be released each day.
Zaphara 2014/07/10 13:54
Really.. Anyway thanks for the info. Maybe it's a hoax info? What do you think @KingFisher...
Really.. Anyway thanks for the info. Maybe it's a hoax info? What do you think @KingFisher...
KingFISHER 2014/07/11 08:54
no friend its not hoax.
Quote: Zaphara: Really.. Anyway thanks for the info. Maybe it's a hoax info? What do you think @KingFisher...
no friend its not hoax.
Samuel099 2014/08/24 06:53
Quote: Eeprom: fuck meeee , surely conventional methods are adequate, i can only see need for implanting this im someone's body as a forceful method for people who dont want to use contraceptive anyhows and doing such would only occur in countries like china who enforce number of allowed children..
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Everyone should just use withdrawal method
Ill pull it out "HONEST" 
oh, shxt! ill. why is't that you hate china? hahaha say less talk more about them ok. I may asked, have you seen a chinese practising gay and lebo? so fuck only your country will do that.
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Everyone should just use withdrawal method
Ill pull it out "HONEST"
Samuel099 2014/08/24 07:01
thats a new way to join Americans secret society. illuminati country euery day and time they want new way to sign innocent peoples. i thank GOD china and russia do not back erm. if not china & russia all the countries will have sign their fucking society.
thats a new way to join Americans secret society. illuminati country euery day and time they want new way to sign innocent peoples. i thank GOD china and russia do not back erm. if not china & russia all the countries will have sign their fucking society.
Cool_desiree 2014/09/08 03:37
Not interested to do this birth control. Anyway thanks for information.
Not interested to do this birth control. Anyway thanks for information.
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