Dr. Chip

$1.6 Million was given to a research team lead by professor Joseph Wang of UC San Diego, a nanoengineer, to develop a technology that will actively monitor soldiers on the battlefield. Similar to modern glucose monitoring systems for diabetics, these implants will be able to distinguish when the body is injured. This is possible by breakthrough technology in reading the sequencing of biomarkers, for when the body sustains injury, a certain sequence develops. The complex systems of the implant reads these markers, and can administer certain medications to treat accordingly.

Even though this is truly cutting edge technology, I think that the practicality of it will not be very beneficial. In some instances, such as pain management, this will definitely make a difference. But in others such as major trauma (often the case), there is only so much that this chip will be able to do for the patient; it cannot apply pressure to a wound, or provide necessary fluid resuscitation because of its size.