Bendy Implant Harnesses The Power Of Your Beating Heart, University of Illinois Study

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Fancy becoming a real human dynamo? Every breath you take could one day be used to generate electricity. Energy from the natural motion of the heart, lungs and diaphragm in cows, pigs and sheep has been harnessed to power medical implants. The hope is that people with pacemakers, cochlear implants and heart monitors will one day be spared risky surgery when the batteries need replacing. Instead, our organs would power our electronics.

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