Michael Barbella, Managing Editor02.03.16
Göran Gustafsson has long pondered the relationship between cars and the human body. It’s not the cause and effect type of correlation, however, that gets his mind racing, nor is it the love-hate affiliation many people have with their vehicles.
No, Gustafsson puzzles over the body’s lack of an automotive-like communications system that could flag and diagnose disease at its earliest stage. Modern-day cars are equipped with cutting-edge sensors and sophisticated computer systems that notify drivers of problems while they are still easy to fix, yet the body—which operates those vehicles—is left to sputter and suffer in seclusion.
It’s an injustice Gustafsson and his fellow engineers aim to change through the creation of a natural early warning system—an internal “check engine” light, of sorts, for the body. Gustafsson and his team at Swedish electronics firm Acreo, with help from researchers at Linköping University, have designed topical and implantable sensors as well as an anatomical “intranet” (called BioCom Lab) that links all the gear while keeping the biolog
No, Gustafsson puzzles over the body’s lack of an automotive-like communications system that could flag and diagnose disease at its earliest stage. Modern-day cars are equipped with cutting-edge sensors and sophisticated computer systems that notify drivers of problems while they are still easy to fix, yet the body—which operates those vehicles—is left to sputter and suffer in seclusion.
It’s an injustice Gustafsson and his fellow engineers aim to change through the creation of a natural early warning system—an internal “check engine” light, of sorts, for the body. Gustafsson and his team at Swedish electronics firm Acreo, with help from researchers at Linköping University, have designed topical and implantable sensors as well as an anatomical “intranet” (called BioCom Lab) that links all the gear while keeping the biolog
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