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Yeast-Powered Fuel Cell Feeds On Human Blood

Posted by timothy on from the because-you-need-some-serious-news-too dept.

holy_calamity writes "Canadian researchers have taken a sensible, if slightly creepy, step towards solving the problem of medical implant batteries running down. They've built a fuel cell powered by yeast that feed on the glucose in human blood. If this makes it into people, keeping your implants going will be as simple as eating a donut."

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  1. oh sure, works great... by sunking2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Until they douche.

  2. Great new car idea. by This+name+in+use · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've been telling my wife for months that we need to fight global warming by building a car that runs on the blood of hippies.
    My dream may come.