There is a company out there with the mindset that even a George Orwell and his 1984 wouldn't be able to comprehend.
Like his classic novel, MC10 out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is turning our fantasies into a reality. It might be the shirt on your back that can monitor your vital signs and conform to your body with every beat of your heart, or how about a sensor under the skin, or even a tattoo (yes, a tattoo!) that can monitor and track the most intimate of human biological processes?
MC10 and its revolutionary electronic technology are conducive to human functionality – stretchable, lightweight, and conformal – almost like they aren't there at all.
These innovations could one day lead us to a new dawn for mankind; one where people like you and me will be outfitted with electronic devices. It might be something we swallow, or get implanted, or even get a "smart tattoo." Imagine the possibilities and the new heights we could reach in health care, the military, athletics, and even everyday business and the way people communicate. It's not beyond our reach.
This phenomenon is going beyond the aid of our military. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) made a patent public in November that proposed an electronic skin tattoo for the throat, according to The Seattle Times – with a built in microphone, battery, and wireless transceiver – you could operate and control other devices with simple voice commands. Even Google CEO Larry Page has been quoted as saying, "Eventually you'll have an implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer." They've clearly got their head in the clouds.
UC Berkley researchers are toying around with implanting thousands of tiny sensors into people's brains for optimal functionality. Stanford is using its research to help Parkinson's disease patients with an electronic device that can adjust to electrical impulses felt from a patient to alleviate symptoms.
