Glucose Biofuel Cells Bring Science Closer to Body-Powered Electronics
Meghan Young — May 20, 2010 — Tech
References: technologyreview
Seems like science is getting techy with its latest endeavor, glucose biofuel cells. By implanting them into living species, researchers from Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France have discovered that electrical power can be harnessed from the human body.
What does that mean for us? Well, at the moment glucose biofuel cells are still in the testing stages.
What does that mean for us? Well, at the moment glucose biofuel cells are still in the testing stages.
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