Pentagon team reveals Covid-19-detecting chip that can be implanted in the body


DARPA, a US military research lab, has developed a chip that can continuously test people’s blood for the new coronavirus. The invention is in late-stage testing and could be administered to sailors, researchers say. — SCMP

A team of US scientists working under the US Department of Defense has unveiled a chip that it said can detect signs of the new coronavirus in human bodies within minutes when it is implanted under the skin.

Retired Colonel Matt Hepburn said that the implant invented by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a Pentagon unit that develops emerging technologies for military use, can continuously test blood.

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