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Research team uses the human body to power wearables — addresses major obstacle of conventional batteries (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Is it only through the skin? I could see it being useful for some sort of implanted medical device/monitoring system.

That way you have something subcutaneous but the power source is strapped to the outside of your body so you can remove for short periods of time to wash/recharge it.