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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by moktonar on Thursday October 23, 2025 @08:24AM (#45681030)
I don’t know if taking energy from the body is a good idea. The laws of thermodynamics will require you to compensate. Also playing with very complex systems like a human body, neglecting what the side effects might be, is unwise on a good day.
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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by snapcaster on Thursday October 23, 2025 @09:08AM (#45681365)
Isn't it just exercise? Unclear what the concern would be despite in general agreeing with you on human body being hard to change without side effects
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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by MichealCodes on Thursday October 23, 2025 @09:04AM (#45681335)
Wouldn't it just burn more calories?
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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by idiotsecant on Thursday October 23, 2025 @09:20AM (#45681488)
Did you read even the first paragraph of the link? This is about using skin as a medium of power distribution to devices, not harvesting power from the human body. No hand-wringing required.
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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by mac3n on Thursday October 23, 2025 @11:51AM (#45683293)
not to worry, we've got energy generation covered

https://www.livescience.com/60599-electricity-generated-from...

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Re:Power-over-Skin: Full-Body Wearables Powered by Intra-Bod... by moktonar on Thursday October 23, 2025 @09:28AM (#45681584)
Possibly even worse then..
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