Microchip-based implant, Microchips Biotech, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts

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Designer - Microchips Biotech, Inc. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7408)

Home page - microchipsbiotech.com/technology.php (http://microchipsbiotech.com/technology.php)

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Article "Remote-controlled contraceptive microchip could launch by 2018 (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/jul/11/design-futures-remote-controlled-contraceptive-microchip-launch-by-2018)"
Developed by researchers at MIT, the 'digital pill' implant could revolutionise birth control, allowing women to switch hormones on and off at the touch of a button

by Oliver Wainwright
July 11, 2014

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https://youtu.be/m4o2PqYSJPM

Would you use remote-controlled birth control?

Published on Jul 15, 2014


MicroCHIPS has developed an implantable contraceptive chip that can be activated or deactivated by a control outside the body. The chip releases a controlled amount of progestins regularly, and with it, patients could have 16 years of birth control and be able to conceive without an outpatient procedure. But is this too ideal of an idea to work in practicality? Kim Horcher, Tim Frisch, and Matthew Mercer discuss!

Read more: "A Contraceptive Implant with Remote Control (https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/04/74389/a-contraceptive-implant-with-remote-control)"
A startup has developed a contraceptive chip that could be deactivated and reactivated using a wireless remote.

by Gwen Kinkead
July 4, 2014