Virtual gallery showcases the silicon chips behind a revolution in healthcare

A new Instagram series will show off the surprising beauty of the silicon chips being developed by researchers at Imperial to improve health. A silicon chip that can form a bridge to connect severed nerves together in people with spinal injuries and a chip that could help patients with locked in syndrome to communicate with the outside world are some of the prototypes that will be showcased in the Instagram campaign, which starts tomorrow (30 January). As well as offering hope to patients, these miniature chips are startlingly beautiful with brightly coloured circuitry and geometric designs. On close inspection, each chip even has its own logo such as "The Ninja", which is reminiscent of the street art that you may see in Bristol. These logos are a cool way of letting other engineers know who designed each chip. The silicon chips are designed and developed by academics and postgraduates from the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology in Imperial's Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. The aim of the Instagram campaign is to celebrate the craftsmanship of the researchers behind the silicon circuitry and the ground-breaking work that they are doing, which could revolutionise healthcare in the future.