Chinese scientists develop an implantable battery that runs off the oxygen in your blood
Chinese scientists develop an implantable battery that runs off the oxygen in your blood
<p>From pacemakers to neurostimulators, implantable medical devices rely on batteries to keep the heart on beat and dampen pain. But batteries eventually run low and require invasive surgeries to replace. To address these challenges, researchers in China devised an implantable battery that runs on o...
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A robotic symbiont
More like a parasite since it's competing with the rest of your body for that oxygen.
Presumably doctors would only implant a device which benefits the patient.
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And which doctor is prescribing it?
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Yes but does it benefit the device?
"Presumably"
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