The medical community is working on systems that are far superior to this one, and they are brilliant. Some are already on the market:

* Pacemakers / Artificial hearts (Heart diseases)

* Cochlear implants / Bone anchored hearing aids (Deafness)

* Insulin pumps (Diabetes)

* Deep brain stimulators (Parkinson's)

* Wireless gastrointestinal probes (GI disease/cancer)

They don't sound sexy, but these devices are now wireless sensor nodes with years of battery life. There are some next generation devices that are making their way onto the market as well, such as the Proteus Digital sensor[1] which was approved by the FDA last year.

I'm excited about progress in implantable technologies and also understand why their progress is seems slow--it takes a lot of work to ensure these devices are safe. That safety also necessitates a level of closedness for now: devices are only validated under carefully controlled conditions.

Efforts like this one, however, are incredibly unsafe. They endanger individuals while also making the DIY community look stupid.

[1] http://www.proteus.com/proteus-digital-health-announces-fda-...