A glimpse into what girls are going to be talking about in the future, especially after this incredible medical breakthrough hits the market!
Bill Gates is backing a new birth control microchip that is implanted into women and can be turned off and on with a remote control!
How rad is that?!
The invention comes from a Massachusetts-based startup called MicroCHIPS. The company received a $4.6 million check from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in January in order to move the project along.
So how does it work?
The chip, which is placed under the skin, contains tiny reservoirs filled with pregnancy-preventing hormone levonorgestrel. An electric current melts through the hermetic seal and releases 30 micrograms of the drug per day.
If a woman decides she wants to have baby, she can easily flip a switch and start trying!
MicroCHIPS offers a diagram to show the step-by-step process (below)
Dr. Robert Farra discussed how easy this contraceptive is to use, explaining:
"The ability to turn the device on and off provides a certain convenience factor for those who are planning their family.”The chip is also expected to last up to 16 years, longer than any other implantable contraceptive on the market today!
With the clinical trials still being arranged, MicroCHIPS says this futuristic contraceptive contraption should be available to purchase in 2018!
Thanks, Mr. Gates! First you give us computers, and now you’re giving us safer sex!
