Electric eel-inspired devices could power artificial human organs

A flexible and transparent power source inspired by the electric eel could be used to power electrical devices in the body, such as cardiac pacemakers, implantable sensors or even prosthetic organs. The prototype, described in Nature1 on 13 December, runs on a solution of salt and water, but researchers hope that future versions might get their energy from bodily fluids.

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• December 19, 2017