University of Michigan researchers have developed the lowest possible power output for a microchip that goes into sleep mode. It's more of an "extreme sleep mode," using 30,000 times less power than active chips on the market today. With such low power, a chip like this can greatly reduce the size of batteries for various systems. However, this little bugger has bigger fish to fry than just powering down your macBook. It'll be applied to biomedical sensors and technologies.
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A group of UM researchers is putting the Phoenix in a biomedical sensor
to monitor eye pressure in glaucoma patients. Engineers envision that
chips like this could also be sprinkled around to make a nearly
invisible sensor network to monitor air or water or detect movement.
They could be mixed into concrete to sense the structural integrity of
new buildings and bridges. And they could power a robust pacemaker that
could take more detailed readings of a patient's health, researchers
say.
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