Harvesting Energy from the Human Body

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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They've had this idea before...

[Anonymous Coward]

Burbage dies, pg. 12
Hedwig dies, pg. 56
Mad-Eye dies, pg. 78
Scrimgeour dies, pg. 159
Wormtail dies, pg. 471
Dobby dies, pg. 476
Fread Weasley dies, pg. 637
Voldemort kills Snape, pg. 658
Voldemort kills Harry, pg. 704
Harry comes back to life, pg. 724
Neville kills Nagini, pg. 733
Tonks, Lupin and Colin Creevy's deaths confirmed, pg. 743
Hagrid, Malfoy and Neville survive.
Nineteen years after the events in the book:
Ron marries Hermoine
Harry marries Ginny
Their children attend Hogwartz together
Ron's children are named Rose and Hugo
Harry's children are named Lily, James and Albus Severus
Draco Malfoy has a son named Scorpius
The final two sentences are:
"The scar had not pained Harry for eighteen years. All was well."

Re:They've had this idea before...

[jb.cancer]

if had mod points, i wud mod you -1/0 {Troll,OT}

Re:Are you confusing calories with Calories?

[DJPenguin]

I think you might be confusing kilocalories with kilogram-calories :)

Re:Are you confusing calories with Calories?

[weicco]

1 gram of carbohydrates contains 4 calories, so does protein. Fat contains 9 cal per gram. But I've read that you need to burn 6000 kcal in order to lose 1 kg of fat from body so I say your fleet must a really big one :)

Re:Are you confusing calories with Calories?

[toQDuj]

Actually, I think you're confusing the calorie with the Calorie (see the capital C there? see? see? there's a huge difference there).

Apparently some whizz-PR-kids thought it would be good PR if they lost the Kilo-multiplier in their energy description, so they decided that the Kilo- be replaced with a capital C. Well, all in all, if you're dealing with calories, you know you're in trouble. Check out the Wikipedia page on the Calorie. You'll see there are about a zillion different definitions for the calorie.

B.