Implantable LED's are a GO!
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Topic: Implantable LED's are a GO!
Posted By: Adam
Subject: Implantable LED's are a GO!
Date Posted: October/18/2010 at 5:37pm
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Looks like some smart people have figured out a safe way to develop implantable grade LED's! oh boy oh boy oh boy!
Via http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-flexible-implanting-skin.html - Psysorg.org : Researchers in the US, China, Korea and Singapore have collaborated to develop flexible ultra-thin sheets of inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodetectors for implantation under the skin for medical monitoring, activating photo-sensitive drugs, and other biomedical applications. The research, led by John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the US, and published today in Nature Materials developed flexible arrays 2.5 ¼m thick and 100 x 100 ¼m square, which is much smaller than any commercially available array. They printed circuits directly onto a rigid glass substrate and then transferred them to an inexpensive biocompatible polymer called poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) to create a mesh-like array of LEDs and photodetectors. The PDMS substrate is flexible enough that the circuits can still function even if twisted or stretched by even as much as 75 percent. Rogers said most research has concentrated on organic LEDs (OLEDs), which are extremely sensitive to water and oxygen, but the flexible arrays are encapsulated in a thin layer of silicon rubber, which makes them waterproof and allows them to function well when implanted or completely immersed in biofluids. The design also eliminates the mechanical constraints normally imposed on such devices by the inflexible semiconductor wafers that support them. The researchers successfully tested the LEDs by integrating a sheet into the fingertip of a vinyl glove, which they then immersed in soapy water, and they have also implanted an array beneath the skin in an animal model. Potential biomedical applications for the LEDs include implantable patches for monitoring wound healing, for use in diagnosis or spectroscopy, or to control the delivery of drugs triggered by light in photodynamic drug therapy. They could also be used in light-emitting sutures or implantable illuminated plasmonic crystals, and may find application in robotics. Rogers has recently founded a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, mc10, to work on commercializing the new technology, which is a goal he regards as "incredibly appealing." Rogers said he wanted the technology to have an impact, and that was the end goal serving as the motivation for the work. ---------- So what does this mean? Oh man.. the possibilities are endless! The kicker would be if we could interact with them from an external source. This would require some sort of a receiver, but damn... it would be on like donkey kong! .: Adam ------------- 
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Posted By: TattooBox
Date Posted: October/18/2010 at 7:28pm
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Can you put some around your rectum that would flash just before you poo? If you want to do it Adam, post a picture. In action of course.------------- When you have a arguement with an idiot, the most tangible proof that he's an idiot is his unability to leave peacefully a discussion that can obviously bring nothing. |
Posted By: frosty172
Date Posted: October/18/2010 at 11:33pm
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all I can think of is the green lanterns ring
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Posted By: Calem
Date Posted: October/19/2010 at 3:30am
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I gotta sign up for the tests on humans :D ------------- 
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Posted By: Keiran1980
Date Posted: October/19/2010 at 4:15am
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I wonder if I could have an ET finger... that would be so awesome!
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Posted By: howies
Date Posted: October/19/2010 at 1:37pm
| sooo want them |
Posted By: Echovi
Date Posted: October/19/2010 at 7:04pm
| Ironman chest piece :) |
Posted By: LUCIFER!
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 12:52am
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you could have ''OPEN'' flashing like a neon sign above your crotch. -------------  |
Posted By: FeetyPajamas
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 10:46am
THIS!!!! -------------  "Just lil ol' me. one lonely nipple" |
Posted By: TattooBox
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 5:56pm
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Can you put them on head of penis? Cuz sometimes, in the dark... ------------- When you have a arguement with an idiot, the most tangible proof that he's an idiot is his unability to leave peacefully a discussion that can obviously bring nothing. |
Posted By: Calem
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 6:02pm
And if you move fast enough you'll achieve a strobe light effect :D -------------
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Posted By: metalbabe
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 6:10pm
if the LEDs were covering the whole penis, it'd be penile-light-saber 
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Posted By: Calem
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 6:25pm
You just had to do it... Right when I'm off to bed you had to plant that horiible image in my head! That even made me misspell a word... Not nice... Not nice at all... -------------
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Posted By: metalbabe
Date Posted: October/20/2010 at 6:31pm
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Posted By: TattooBox
Date Posted: October/21/2010 at 9:06pm
Nope. No more peace. Only a duel will solve it. Shake your penis-laser sabres, and may the force be with you. ------------- When you have a arguement with an idiot, the most tangible proof that he's an idiot is his unability to leave peacefully a discussion that can obviously bring nothing. |
Posted By: zobro
Date Posted: October/23/2010 at 10:43am
That's what I immediately thought when I heard about the LED lights. The second thought was, of course, the penile light saber. |
Posted By: XDreadedRebelX
Date Posted: May/04/2012 at 2:08pm
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hmm would they always b on or could u turn them off???? ------------- XXDreadedRebelXX |
Posted By: DisturbingNoise
Date Posted: May/06/2012 at 12:22am
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I think I remember some one on here saying something about an electric watch tattoo, this could be the solution they were looking for.
Maybe they could use it to monitor your heart rate. Flashing every time your heart beats. That would be neat. So many things you could do with this. I just now saw how old this post was. So that means they should have improved this technology by now. |
Posted By: jielun172
Date Posted: May/11/2012 at 5:07am
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