MIT researcher Dr. Rahul Sarpesklar has developed a system that harnesses your body's own glucose molecules and turns them into fuel to run a computer chip. It could be the answer to powering fake limbs. (Cue Six Million Dollar Man theme.)
Eating and drinking will replenish the 'fuel' – so there's no worry about running out of the sugar-filled spinal fluid that the system taps into. The implant only needs 100 microwatts of energy to work and all that's accompanying the chip is a thin membrane and two electrodes to kick off the oxidation process.
The system hasn't been tested on animals or humans yet – and brain implants to power prosthetic limbs are still being tested themselves – but that won't stop us putting in our order for bionic biceps.
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