In 2016, UC Berkeley engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic nerual dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time. Now, Berkeley engineers have taken neural dust a step forward by building the smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator to date.

The device, called StimDust, short for stimulating neural dust, adds more sophisticated electronics to neural dust without sacrificing the technology’s tiny size or safety, greatly expanding the range of neural dust applications. The researchers’ goal is to have StimDust implanted in the body through minimally invasive procedures to monitor and treat disease in a real-time, patient-specific approach. 

Read the full article here: http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/04/10/berkeley-engineers-build-smallest-volume-most-efficient-wireless-nerve-stimulator/