Animal Implants Offer Guidance for Human Devices
Livestock management represents a major non-human application for sensing implants. Sensors placed in a cow’s rumen track accelerometer-based movement, pH, and temperature. For horses, ingestible capsules can detect for early gastrointestinal disease, such as colic, and injectable hoof accelerometers in development could identify gait abnormalities. Exploring these animal-focused technologies offers valuable insight into tools that could eventually transition to human medicine.