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Re:Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate... by zeristor on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:58AM (#31580175)
I've always thought this would be a good idea, being able to generate electricity from sugars in the blood I was hoping someone would come up with an implementation.

Another thought I had was the reverse, sort of. Mitochondria generate proton difference to convert ADP to ATP which is used to power a cell, it would be interesting if there were away to do this with electricity, something along the lines of chloroplasts used to make sugar.

Re:Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate... by BenFeldman1930 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @04:20AM (#31579395)
Could this be used with type-2 diabetes, converting excess blood glucose into electricity? The article doesn't state though how much glucose (mg/dl) is converted, so one cannot say, if the conversion is relevant.
Re:Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate... by nebster on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:03AM (#31580622)
I wonder if this can also be used for weight loss. I guess it would have to be a much larger device but would it be possible?

Is this the same thing as your body burning calories?

Re:Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate... by FeaturelessBug on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:16PM (#31589804)
I wish I knew but that was actually the same thought I had, it's especially interesting to consider how it may interact with different types of sugars in the future
Re:Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate... by grue_some on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:35PM (#31589024)
This is how the Matrix is powered.