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MicroCHIPS version of their new remote control contraceptive.
Shown above is how the contraceptive is to be used upon its
release in 2018. Photo Credit |
MicroCHIPS, a company stemming from Lexington, Massachusetts, has just recently introduced a potentially dangerous remote-control contraceptive alternative that they hope will hit the shelves beginning in 2018.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has agreed to help sponsor this endeavor as they hope to encourage more effective forms of birth control in place of common forms currently used, such as condoms and birth control pills. The chip that MicroCHIPS has been working towards creating, can be inserted into either a woman’s abdomen, buttocks, or upper arm. It will be activated by a wireless connection through a remote control.
Inside of this chip there is a hermetic titanium and platinum seal that contains the hormone levonorgestrel, a hormone often found in birth control methods. This hormone prevents fertilization, prevents a heavy menstrual cycle and can also alter the lining of the uterus to disallow for a fetus to continue growing in the womb.
To activate the release of the hormone in the body, a small battery is located on
the inside of the seal where an electrical current passes through the chip. This action slightly melts the seal enough for the proper amount of levonorgestrel to seep into the bloodstream. This contraceptive is the first form of hormone based birth control to last for more than five years at a time. In fact, one chip is said to contain enough levonorgestrel to last 16 years!
You’re probably asking, Where does the remote control come into play? Well, say that a person has decided to invest in this form of contraceptive. To activate the chip to release the hormone every day, they would have the ability to turn the chip on via the remote control. Similarly, if they wanted to try and have a baby, they could just as easily deactivate the contraceptive through the remote control. In order for the chip to receive the wireless signal from the remote control, it must be placed skin distance from the chip. As a security precaution, MicroCHIPS has made it so that the remote is only effective if it is making direct contact with the skin located directly above the contraceptive chip.
This project, however, has its difficulties as well.
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