Analysis

June 2, 2021

The Big Idea: injectable, health-monitoring implants

“If you want to think of the world in 2030, I think having chip implants will be a normal thing.”


Freya Pratty

5 min read

Welcome to The Big Idea, where each week we pick a company with a weird, wacky or gamechanging notion that could have a massive impact on the world around us.

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Hannes Sjoblad, cofounder and managing director of DSRuptive.
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The DSRuptive implant. Photo: DSRuptive.
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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