February 23, 2012   7 notes
proclivityharbored: “Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announce the development of a new technology that could, in the future, see devices such as pacemakers being powered by a patient’s own heart. The innovation is based on zinc oxide nanowires, a class of materials that show great promise for underlying the next generation of electronic devices. The wires the researchers used in their study of unsuspecting lab rats are nearly invisible, and very tiny. They are able to convert the motions of the heart into electricity by using piezoelectric materials, Technology Review reports. ” (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Medical-Implants-Could-Soon-Be-Powered-by-the-Heart-Itself-143798.shtml)

proclivityharbored:

“Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announce the development of a new technology that could, in the future, see devices such as pacemakers being powered by a patient’s own heart. The innovation is based on zinc oxide nanowires, a class of materials that show great promise for underlying the next generation of electronic devices. The wires the researchers used in their study of unsuspecting lab rats are nearly invisible, and very tiny. They are able to convert the motions of the heart into electricity by using piezoelectric materials, Technology Review reports. ” (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Medical-Implants-Could-Soon-Be-Powered-by-the-Heart-Itself-143798.shtml)

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