(Huffington Post) If a tiny device could be implanted in your body to give you self-healing powers, would you want one?
That question is on many minds now that the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that just such a device is in the works: an electronic implant, injected via a needle, that would monitor the health of internal organs and help the body heal itself when illness or injury strikes.
The implant -- being developed as part of the agency's ElectRx (pronounced "electrics") program -- would "fundamentally change the manner in which doctors diagnose, monitor and treat injury and illness," DARPA program manager Doug Weber said in a written statement.
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