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Harvesting Energy from the Human Body

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-nothing-compared-to-what-i-harvest-from-mine dept.

Late-Eight writes "Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working on a new type of nanogenerator that could draw necessary energy from flowing blood in the human body. The hope is to incorporate the new nanogenerator into biosensors, environmental monitoring devices and even personal electronics that will require no fuel source, internal or external. Once completed, this new cellular engine could find various applications, even beyond medicine."

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  1. Hmm... by Maxhrk · · Score: 1, Funny

    My laptop is running out of bloods... hmm.. Be right back, i will need refill my laptop with my bloods. bbl.

    1. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You moms lives off of salty protein and it works fine. Slashdotters, line up at the powerplant!!

    2. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Inventor turns dead cats into diesel

      If a fully grown cat "produces" 2.5 L of diesel, imagine a fully grown human...

  2. Queue the "Matrix" references.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and Copper Top jokes.

  3. Cue the Matrix comments... by dfetter · · Score: 4, Funny

    coppertop ;)

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  4. Thank you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I always wanted to be part of a electric circuit but the sockets I tried didn't feel the same way.

    I'll finally have a relationship with someone. I just hope my dearest won't squeeze the life out of me.

  5. Awesome, if this means that... by TomatoMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I can burn off the love handles by hooking them up Super Mario on my DS.

    Where do I sign?

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  6. Porn perputual motion machine by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    think about, you have a portable video player loaded up with some porn. The user starts watching, the heart starts pumping faster allowing for more porn to be viewed. Repeat ad naseum(or until the user needs a towel)

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  7. Re:Lipo? by aliquis · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, you will still be fat ugly unwanted pieces of humanity.

  8. They are having a major problem though by LM741N · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sex tends to burn out the electronics.

    1. Re:They are having a major problem though by ms1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thats not really a problem for slashdot readers :)

  9. A disruptive technology by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: 2, Funny

    This could kill the joke that features the punchline: "No Doc I don't want you to remove it, I just want you to change the batteries."

  10. A better way by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just capture all the methane coming out of the exhaust pipe.

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  11. The newest hacks... by Ub3rT3Rr0R1St · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hackaday's newest I-pod hacks:

    DIY: USB adapter you can hook up to your spinal cord to charge up your I-pod!

  12. Re:Next step - feeding on human blood ... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here at the Transylvania Institute of Technology we have ... pioneered new ways of ... extracting ... energy from .. blood. The blood ... is the life. We have few nuclear electric energy generating plants, but many .. peasants. Although .. fewer than before. Pardon me, I must go now, and ... sleep. Visit me at the university. My office hours are 9PM to 5AM. Welcome. Bring beautiful girls.