Sensors Slip Into the Brain, Then Dissolve When Their Job Is Done (ieee.org)

An anonymous reader writes: Silicon-based electronic circuits that operate flawlessly in the body for some number of days--soon weeks--and then harmlessly dissolve: they're what University of Illinois professor John Rogers says is the next frontier of electronics. Today he released news of successful animal tests on such transient electronics designed for use in brain implants, but says they could be used just about anywhere in the body. As these devices move into larger animal and eventually human tests, Rogers says he'll be working on the next generation--devices that intervene to accelerate healing or manage medical conditions, not just monitor them.

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several sci-fi stories start sorta like this

[turkeydance]

who knows? it might work, but not to the implantee's advantage.

Here we are ...

[Negatho]

I can foresee this in future news feed: "spying scandal, opposition brain-monitored to accept the deal", "Get your silicon pills or get fired, the new company query in order to increase proficiency", "Medical failure, the bots was delivering the wrong medication due to a malfunction/wrong setting", "Real life: I got Brain Hacked trough my Facebook silicon brain access !!" So much fun :) *apologies because English is not my native language"