Smartphone manufacturers have also shown interest in embedding the microchip in their devices, so that they never go missing.

Pictures of suspect lumps can be generated by microchips embedded in the straps, for examination by computer.

His system features a microchip embedded into the stone, powered by a solar panel.

At present every racehorse as a foal has a microchip embedded at the top of the neck, underneath the mane.

Passports are moving towards including biometric information embedded in a microchip embedded in the document, making them machine-readable and difficult to counterfeit.

Sensors embedded in pieces of equipment are also used to detect whether they have been used at all, or at the proper time.

Already huge amounts of data are being generated by smartphones, tablets and sensors embedded in cars and buildings.

Sensors embedded in everyday objects are enabling everything from cars to clothing to interact with other devices through the internet.

The device consists of a pair of sensors embedded in the curb that use a series of infrared beams to monitor vehicles at wheel height.

Inductive sensors embedded in the road surface can determine the gaps between vehicles, to provide basic information on the presence of a vehicle.

Reamers these are stabilizers that have cutting elements embedded on their fins, and are used to maintain a gauged well-bore.

The context too gets incorporated into the artist's work many times, along with additional textual elements embedded into it.

There are electrical heating elements embedded in the material which can be switched on to heat the material and thus to store energy.