Biotech a healthy market for chips

August 15, 2003 | Source: Computerworld

Intel is planning to develop medical devices using nanotech chips and sensing technology.

Ideas include constructing hemoglobin molecules that can carry 10 times as much oxygen, a diagnostic lab on a chip, toxin-detecting and analysis-capable bandaids, ulcer-detecting stockings for diabetics, and computer feedback systems for diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.