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Chinese scientists develop an implantable battery that runs off the oxygen in your blood (www.eurekalert.org)
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[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Doesn't a pacemaker last like 10 years now? It would still need battery I guess even though it charges by blood oxygen. Imagine having carbon monoxide poisoning but what killed the patient was the pacemaker that died.

[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 months ago

Doesn't a pacemaker last like 10 years now?

Yes, but a nuclear pacemaker can last a lifetime.
A bio-battery has that same advantage without containing a radioactive sample that needs to be removed when you die.

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