This chip goes under your skin and monitors your health

The chip is capable of simultaneously monitoring, in real time, several health parameters such as temperature, blood sugar levels and cholesterol. Photo: AFP

Researchers recently unveiled a biosensor chip installed beneath the skin that monitors health and medicine dosage, all the while communicating the data to a smartphone.

Several laboratories from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have been working on a new biosensor chip that makes continuous monitoring and analysis over long periods of time possible.