Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 2:15pm
In developing countries, alcohol containing lethal doses of methanol is a problem. This $5 gadget could solve it.
Microchips stories
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 11:09am
Sleek Vizio computers weren't the only cool things we saw yesterday. At the same event, we also spied these "junk art" sculptures by artist Gabriel Dishaw. You've probably already seen Dishaw's microchip Nike sneakers, but these pieces, they're just bizarre — in an awesome way.
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 4:41pm
In our never-ending quest to make the technology we use smaller — I mean, the iPod Nano should really be nanoscopic, right? — we need to keep producing denser and more powerful component parts. One such part? The microchip. Despite the name, they're just not small enough, but they could be soon.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 5:36am
Some doctors in the U.K. are developing a little chip that when peed on can instantly notify you whether or not you have an STD or not — using your cellphone. Is there anything a cellphone won't be be able to take of in the future? It's a phone, a music player and now it wants to your doctor?
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 10:06am
It's a milestone for the medical community, yet you wouldn't have to be a neurologist to understand it. That's because this brain-cell-scanning microchip can study human gray matter at unheard of resolutions, yet pretty much does all the science-y work itself.
