All you need to know about implantable, wearable tech
Implantable, wearable technology is growing fast for its sheer contribution to the world of medicine. The medical engineering landscape is heavily invested for obvious reasons. Experts opine that the future of wearable technology lies in implantables as they become part of our normal lives. Some of the implantables that are gaining great popularity are: Wearable smartphone Smartphones have become a part of us. Our day starts and ends with these devices. Wearable technology offers to raise this connection further. The smartphones can now receive the signals from a chip embedded into the body of the user. Researchers have developed eye implants that can capture images with a blink of an eye and transmit the data to the chip embedded. The idea to have the skin display the data as if on a screen is also being explored. These implantables may seem intrusive but they will soon become common. Advancement in this field is aiming at turning the human bones into speakers. Wearable medical chipsets Many people are using cyber-implants connected to smartphones and special apps. The implants send real-time information to smartphones about the status of the diseases in their body. Timely information may reduce the risks of diseases. The bionic pancreas is one such implant created by the Boston University; this monitors blood-sugar levels and communicates the data to the smartphone.