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Human Blood For Electrical Power

Posted by Zonk on from the blaah-blaah! dept.

burner writes "A Japanese research team has developed a fuel cell that runs on blood without using toxic substances, opening the way for use in artificial hearts and other organs. The biological fuel cell uses glucose with a non-toxic substance used to draw electrons from glucose. So where should I have my laptop power port installed?"

2 of 369 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So that's how they did it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It was a fucking MOVIE, you loser.

  2. Extracting energy from blood is not new by beforewisdom · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Extracting energy from blood is not new.

    Americans have been doing it for years in Iraq.

    A bombed, burned child or a lead filled marine in every SUV tank full.