Microchip Could Replace Pills 185
webhat writes "BBC News reports in an article that a microchip implanted in your body may be the end of swallowing pills. A microchip of a centimeter long was created with a sandwich coating of a drug (heparin) and a slow biodegrading polymer. As the polymer layer degrades the drug is released into the system."
Microchip? (Score:4, Informative)
Unless I'm really missing something here, I fail to see how this qualifies as a microchip in the sense that we commonly refer to it as.