ELECTRONIC IMPLANTS: TECHNOLOGY
BEHIND ELECTRONIC IMPLANT
Whether in a human or animal, a microchip implant
works in the same way. The chip is about the size of a grain of rice, and it is
typically equipped with RFID technology. Using a reader which is held over the
site of the implant, someone can gather the information on the chip. Some can
be written to by a reader/writer, while others must be programmed before
insertion. Due to concerns about RFID security, some are encoded so that the
information on the chip is secure.
In terms of the technique used in inserting this
device to the body are totally different depending on the nature of the implant
and type of electronic implant. For example the one inserted in the animals or
in humans to track or monitor is designed to be inserted with a large-bore
needle which injects the microchip into the site, with this practice being
standard for veterinary implants. Others are large enough that a surgical
procedure must be used to implant the chip.
In terms of technology, it’s helpful to
distinguish body implants, first, from transplants and second, from synthetic
organs. Transplants are also a form of ‘implantation’ but they involve purely
biological body parts, in fact, duplicates of the body part being replaced,
except they come from another individual. Synthetic organs, such as an
artificial heart, are obviously body implants; the main distinction is that
they are entire organs, typically very complex entities, whereas most body
implants are either much simpler pieces of the body, such as a hip replacement,
or electronic devices not intended to replace any existing body part.
http://scitechstory.com/impact-areas/body-implants/
Mohammed Bin Saeed
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