The future of contraceptives may not be pills, but “chips” and even remote-controlled ones. American researchers are optimistic that by 2018 a contraceptive “chip” that is implanted under a woman’s skin (in her arm or abdomen) and which is controlled wirelessly from a distance will be available. The “chip”, measuring 20X20X7 millimeters, releases a small amount of hormone daily for 16 days, which the woman can stop via a wireless remote control, whenever she wants, if she does not wish to continue contraception.
The new technology, which was originally developed at MIT and is being further developed by the American company MicroCHIPS in Massachusetts, is also funded by Microsoft's Bill Gates, according to the BBC. It will be tested clinically for the first time in the US in 2015 and, if all goes well, is expected to be available on the market in 2018, at a price that, according to its creators, will be "competitive"
Source: planet-greece.blogspot.com
