Micro Chip Implants

You might have heard that you can have a chip implanted in your dog to identify him if he gets lost. The same technology is now available for humans. It s not about identity, it s about health and the ability to see and read.

      A team at Stanford (Palo Alto, California) has developed a prototype of a micro chip that can be implanted in the eves of people who suffer from macular degeneration, an incurable, progressive disease that slowly robs those afflicted of their sight. The micro chip is light-activated and can sample biochemicals in the body (hopefully reporting its findings back to doctors through a minuscule transmitter) and can dispense medication. 

Micro chips are being developed to treat all kinds of diseases that affect eyesight and reading, including diabetes.

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