Bill Gates and his foundation discover a new form of birth control. It’s a special microchip and it can “live” for about 16 years.

The idea came from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bill Gates discussed this possibility with professor Robert Langer. They think it could help women.

Then Langer started to cooperate with Gate’s Foundation. Currently there is a functional chip, which should be available in 2018. The safety testing is going to start this year.

MIT says the chip’s size is 20mm x 20mm x 7mm. It contains reservoirs with a contraceptive hormone.

Doctors will implant the chip into the woman’s buttocks, arms or abdomen and every day a woman receives a small amount of the hormone.

… It is an interesting idea, but is it ethical? Is it a positive innovation? What do you think? Let us know.

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