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Powering Medical Devices with Your Organs

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First Posted: 06/04/10 05:31 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:40 PM ET

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By using new battery technology, devices such as pace-makers and other implanted medical devices may never need to be replaced, powered by the very body part they're installed to assist.

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By using new battery technology, devices such as pace-makers and other implanted medical devices may never need to be replaced, powered by the very body part they're installed to assist.
By using new battery technology, devices such as pace-makers and other implanted medical devices may never need to be replaced, powered by the very body part they're installed to assist.
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01:36 AM on 06/07/2010
At my age I will still need a jumpstart every morning.
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hypnotoad72
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03:41 PM on 06/06/2010
Does this mean the world could be lit up by the combined gestalt of every actor in Hollywood?

And what would that say about all those who claim to have had dozens, hundreds, or thousands of bed buddies?

Okay, enough crass humor. In seriousness, that's a fantastic idea. And since many electronic components can be made to run with a low voltage with low amperage, it is feasible an accomplishment...
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02:48 PM on 06/06/2010
I'm starting to think that once you hit a certain age perhaps we shouldn't be 'saving' so many people. Being on the cusp of 7 billion is frightening enough.

And for gods sake, get RID of the wiener pills so old people can continue risking procreation. A little sanity here would be nice.
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02:56 PM on 06/06/2010
You get to be first in line .
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03:23 PM on 06/06/2010
I'm totally okay with this. People just don't celebrate death anymore.
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02:58 PM on 06/06/2010
Maybe you should rent soylent green. Are you actually advocating death panels? Geez.
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03:28 PM on 06/06/2010
No....am not advocating 'death panels' in the sense that you are put to death. I'm just saying we ALL can't live forever and it seems as though we're opting for quantiy of time here over quality of life.

And the world is far too populated for the resources we're bent on abusing. I totally favor a lottery of sorts for having a pregnancy permit. Perhaps if we address it on the other end before we create billions more. Clearly something has to give. You can't have people living longer and longer and people reproducing more and more and sustain it all.

You might not like hearing this but it's a fact and we should be having this discussion to find solutions now.

I don't like thinking about the 30k people starving to death daily while some 75 year old gets a device to extend their life another 10 years.
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