‘Melt in the body’ electronics devised
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19737125
If they could control the dissolve time electronically then I think they would have a great winner. It seems to me that it should be possible to do something like that, have some sort of bio-compatible membrane that can be polarized or some such electronically so a command would start the dissolution process rather than just relying on chemistry alone. I can think that these would be interesting drug delivery devices, particularly when coupled with bio-based sensors.
So, if you get one of these, does that mean you are a cyborg? Do you stop being a cyborg once the thing has melted? So many unanswered questions ;-).
