{"id":166638,"date":"2023-06-29T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/biocompatible-innovation-mits-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodes-for-next-gen-implants"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:24:05","slug":"biocompatible-innovation-mits-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodes-for-next-gen-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/biocompatible-innovation-mits-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodes-for-next-gen-implants","title":{"rendered":"Biocompatible Innovation: MIT\u2019s Soft, Printable, Metal-Free Electrodes for Next-Gen Implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/biocompatible-innovation-mits-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodes-for-next-gen-implants2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new Jell-O-like material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, cochlear implants, and other electronic implants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do an image search for \u201celectronic implants,\u201d and you\u2019ll draw up a wide assortment of devices, from traditional pacemakers and cochlear implants to more futuristic brain and retinal microchips aimed at augmenting vision, treating depression, and restoring mobility.<\/p>\n<p>Some implants are hard and bulky, while others are flexible and thin. But no matter their form and function, nearly all implants incorporate electrodes \u2014 small conductive elements that attach directly to target tissues to electrically stimulate muscles and nerves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Jell-O-like material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, cochlear implants, and other electronic implants. Do an image search for \u201celectronic implants,\u201d and you\u2019ll draw up a wide assortment of devices, from traditional pacemakers and cochlear implants to more futuristic brain and retinal microchips aimed at augmenting vision, treating depression, and restoring [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}