[NetBehaviour] Nanogenerator Could Draw Energy from Human Blood.

[marc garrett]

Nanogenerator Could Draw Energy from Human Blood.

Scientists are working on a new type of nanogenerator that could draw 
the necessary energy from flowing blood in the human body, by using the 
beating heart and pulsating blood vessels. Once completed, this new 
cellular engine could find various applications, even beyond medicine.

Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology 
hope to be able to incorporate the new nanogenerator into biosensors, 
environmental monitoring devices and even personal electronics that will
require no fuel source, internal or external.


"Our bodies are good at converting chemical energy from glucose into the 
mechanical energy of our muscles," added Wang. "These nanogenerators can 
take that mechanical energy and convert it to electrical energy for 
powering devices inside the body."

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