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Chip Shots Continued

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Photo: Nicholas Eveleigh

Drug Dispenser: Silicon chips containing 100 wells full of drugs are being tested by MicroChips Inc. Each well [left, bottom of chip] can be opened independently by current flowing down a set of electrodes [right, top face of chip] and melting away a thin foil covering. [see illustration, "Silicon Pharmacist"].


 


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