Super Small Sensors

Inspired by the Symposium X on bio-integrated electronics, I headed on over to Symposium PP: Materials and Sensors for Biomedical Applications. I heard the talk on "Miniaturization of Biomedical Sensing Platforms" by Professor Scherer from Caltech. The main goal of his research is to develop small, portable sensor devices that will have fast results. One thing i really liked about Professor Scherer's talk was his focus on not only making everything smaller, but to have everything automated into a single, simple system. In the talk, he also mentioned going towards implantable sensors. It seems like the combination of bio-integrated electronics and these miniature sensors would be something that could change the field of medical treatments dramatically. Doctors would be able to diagnose much more easily and perhaps perform surgeries more precisely with the help of miniature electronic tools.