Sugar-Powered Pacemakers. (Cover story)

• Autores: Marissa Fessenden
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 307, Nº. 6, 2012, págs. 42-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article discusses the development of biofuel cells capable of deriving power from the glucose in blood and interstitial fluid. Topics include the potential applications of the fuel cells in powering devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps, the success of researchers at Joseph Fourier University in France in developing a device that produced power from the interstitial fluid in a rat, and engineer Rahul Sarpeshkar's creation of a fuel cell as an integrated circuit on a silicon chip.