Bill Gates Foundation Announces Implantable Remote-Controlled Contraceptive Microchip That Can Last Up To 16 Years
Bill Gates, one of the
world’s most notable (or notorious) billionaires is at it again,
announcing a remote controlled implantable birth control chip that could
last up to 16 years.
The idea sprouted after a visit Bill
made to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) two years prior,
where he asked professor Robert Langer if there was any way to turn
birth control on and off via remote control. This would spare women the
trouble of visiting the clinic to have contraceptive implants removed
when they wanted to become pregnant.
Langer connected the Gate’s Foundation
with MicroCHIPS, a Massachusetts firm licensed to use a
controlled-release microchip technology. Since then, the partnership has
been busy developing the technology which could see a release as early
as 2018, with safety tests starting this year.
The birth control microchip would hold
nearly two decades worth of a hormone commonly used in contraceptives
and dispense 30 micrograms a day, according to a report from the MIT Technology Review.
The implant’s daily dose works by a small electric charge that melts an
ultra-thin seal around the hormone.The birth control microchip can be
implanted in the buttocks, upper arm or abdomen.
Considering this is the same guy who
has also funded an oral bait vaccine that sterilizes rats (see: “Rodent
Biocontrol and Crop Protection” here) and genetically engineered vaccinating mosquitoes,
a treatment that by its very nature couldn’t possibly generate the
consent of all patients involved, the profound implications of Gates’
new birth control microchip on human reproduction are astounding.
What are your thoughts on this
implantable chip? Does it raise concern? Do you think that this
technology is a positive innovation? Do you think there could possibly
be some ulterior intentions behind the production of this technology?
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