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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?"

6 of 369 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So that's how they did it. by TheZ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They used human body heat to fuel themselves. Go watch the movie again.

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  2. can you say..... by kenshin30 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    the matrix anyone? This new battery technology Paired with the ever growing technology in robotics and artificial intelligence the sci-fi thriller The Matrix doesnt seem so sci-fi

  3. don't worry, Mr. Anderson by Bananatree3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We are just going to place this little...device in you and everything will be all right. Just take a deep breath, relax, and don't worry about what we're doing....

  4. weight loss? by anagama · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Could this be an easy way to get rid of all those excess mountain dews??? Burn off the extra calories, power some electonics to boot?

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  5. Re:In the future... by simcop2387 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    damn this means i must move out in order to keep from getting caught!

  6. OH Sweet Jesus! by bobdole369 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There is no spoon...

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