Current Event Posting #3

By: Jill
Posting: 3
Topic: Health
Title: Medical Tattoo Looks to Replace Bulky Devices
Publication: ABC
Author: Lara Salani
Date of Publication: April 4, 2012
Length: 250 words

New research is coming having to do with new options for medical devices that previously were bulky, external, and rigid, announced David Icke, CEO of electronic systems company MC10. The biostamp is an electronic device that can monitor the condition of someone with a disease, is a small piece of technology that is placed under the skin. It is also being looked into to have devices of the same caliber that are places in the heart and other internal organs. The biostamp can detect important changes in the body that could mean life or death for a patient, and can be synchronized to work with a cell phone or other external device to allert the patient in emergency. The technology is still very new and being researched still, but will be able to help with conditions such as epilepsy and diabetes, and surely the technology will expand to be able to monitor other diseases. The main advantage of the biostamp is the ability to be free of a clunky device that weighs a lot or is difficult to maneuver. The research has begun and is continuing and the technology was announced at the TedMed Conference in Washington D.C.

If the technogoly is perfected, its very exciting because it can then go beyond, doing things like releasing medication for an individual, or maybe even stimulating an area in someones brain that could ease their condition. The key would be to make the biostamp that is nearly fail proof and wouldn't have bad effects if something went wrong. Also, it would be important that there would be a way for the technology to charge, perhaps even connecting to the body on a greater level (to be found in research far in the future). Hopefully the biostamp will save many lives, become common place, and allow people not to be embarrassed by the previous devices they had to carry around.