July 12th, 2019 : Computer

[xoxoxoBruce]

The white Zeppelin looking, camera hogging blob is a grain of rice.
The thing the rice is dwarfing is an itty bitty computer.

This computer measures 0.33mm (0.013 in) on each side!
According to my pal Google: "Currently, the tiny computer serves as a precision temperature sensor. It uses electronic pulses to convert temperatures into timed intervals. The result, for example, is the ability to report temperatures in a cluster of cells within a tumor with an error rate of around 0.1 degrees Celsius. 'Since the temperature sensor is small and biocompatible, we can implant it into a mouse and cancer cells grow around it,' said Gary Luker, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering. 'We are using this temperature sensor to investigate variations in temperature within a tumor versus normal tissue and if we can use changes in temperature to determine success or failure of therapy.'

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