Artificial hearts are finally reaching a point when patients can actually go home and be ambulatory post implantation. A major problem is keeping these energy hungry devices fed by a power source that’s always accessible. At Rice University teams of students have been working with Cameron International, an engineering firm that partnered with the Texas Heart Institute to develop artificial heart technology, to create a device that harnesses electricity from everyday walking.
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