- Robotpill: you eat it and it travels through your intestines looking for trouble. Has a camera and can perform biopsies.
- Miniaturized flowsensor to measure flow of medicines into your body from reservoir implants or from the outside. Can measure 1/1000000 of a litre! Morphine for cancerpasients, insulin for diabetes etc.
- Ultrasound pictures from inside your veins to warn of coming heartattacks. Many measurements as well.
- Polymer chip with small channels for diagnostics of cancer and other illnesses. Makes a pattern of positive indicators.
“Microsystems and Nanotechnology: Microsystems are miniaturised systems that connect the physical and the digital world. A microsystem typically consists of a sensor that registers details of the environment, a processing unit and an actuator that initiates activity based on the measurements. Nano technology is often utilized inside microsystems for increased functionality and performance.”
