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    Image of aidemthgink aidemthgink
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    LDSM
    [www1.umn.edu]

    Lactic acid is a byproduct of muscle tissue and some bacteria, i.e. Shewanella, can convert it into electricity. Just a thought.
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    finnigan16 promoted this comment aidemthgink was starred aidemthgink was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @aidemthgink: That sounds like it's probably a good idea. However there will still most likely be an issue with waste products being produced by the battery itself. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    Where's the Carl Sagan autotune now? Come one, we all know that anaerobic glycolysis would fill a thousand 500-page volumes via "Cosmos". Now I want to hear the autotune version, please. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    Okay, commenting specifically on the Usa subset: We currently run our bodies with an enormous glucose energy excess, caused by changing the balance of our diet a few millenia ago towards large amounts of refined grains. This creates, among many other things, the obesity and diabetes "pandemic."

    Installing bio-batteries that use this glucose isn't a bad idea. We already put excess energy into our systems, so we wouldn't have to adopt new diets to fuel them. Other problems could be caused, however, if their use of glucose doesn't fit into the body's normal response curves - we could also introduce a whole new set of diet-related issues. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/16/09

    @Killjoy: Ideally the devices would operate in the discrepancies between our natural rhythms and what we actually do to our bodies.

    Conversely, if the device were able to convert energy back into blood sugar it might be a viable alternative to coffee in the morning. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Gann: Personally I'd install the version that can convert excess battery energy to ketones instead (or give me a choice of conversions), but either way I like the idea. And you're right about the difference between biorhythms and society's rhythms - programmed correctly, this could do double duty and plug some of the gap. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Killjoy: Speaking of choice of conversions, I wonder how hard it would be to make something like this that produced alcohol, or THC. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Gann: At which point it occurs to me that we're talking about becoming The Culture from Iain M. Banks' novels, at least biologically. But yes - if we figure out how to synthesize a molecule on that level using in-body material, I doubt the process will be molecule-specific. Aside from getting high, we can have on-demand self-produced doses of vaccine or antibiotic or caffeine or vasopressin or melatonin or god this is going to be awesome. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?

    Your're gonna want a little lube to plug this in. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of finnigan16 finnigan16
    11/16/09

    @FriarNurgle: Haha, I'm imagining some kind of inductive power transfer system. I think there's already too many plugs for the human body, but maybe I'm a prude? #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    I get a strange vision of a combination IPhone and Vampire. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/16/09


    @Curves: #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Gann: Let me try that again
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    11/16/09

    @Gann: IDrac App. I can see that getting approved. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Curves: It goes without saying, that app would suck. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Gann: You win. ;) #bloodbatteries
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    Image of aeronmichaelangelo001 aeronmichaelangelo001
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    So would this make America the largest power plant in the world?
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment aeronmichaelangelo001 was starred aeronmichaelangelo001 was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @aeronmichaelangelo001: Here, have a internetz for you. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    I'm imagining the irony of having a device in your body to fight diabetes.

    It'd be a device that is powered by glucose to process glucose.... #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Calzo Calzo
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    I'm shocked that someone would think of this. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    From the article "their waste products will need to be removed without allowing any harmful substances to leach out into the blood stream". That could mean that, while the metabolic waste itself may not be harmful, other components of the battery may be.

    From the limited amount I know about yeast, I don't believe they produce anything that our livers can't handle. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    Humans as living batteries? I don't like where this is going.

    Considering the fear/joy which resulted from a simple math equation like E=mc², we should think on this one.

    ...never mind "The Matrix", fear Exxon. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    If you're using yeast to process glucose, the waste product is going to be ethanol.
    I'm pretty sure I'm not alone here, but I for one would certainly pay good money for a device that charges batteries and intoxicates at the same time. #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @negated: has star powah: But sometimes my toilet needs to be hugged. What will I ralph up? #bloodbatteries
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    11/16/09

    @Calzo: duracells #bloodbatteries
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    11/16/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    I'm way ahead of you, been using my body as the battery to run my bicycle for years. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of sean.fischer89 sean.fischer89
    11/15/09

    In reply to Can Your Body Be A Battery?
    I think we all know where this is going to end up... with the worlds population in pink, snot filled tubes with 5 inch long conductors stuck into our brainstems, monitored by sentinels and the like.
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    11/16/09

    @sean.fischer89: I beg your pardon, but the scientific term is squiddies. #bloodbatteries
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/11/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP
    Luckily its not related to the hardware architecture so I'm sure next quarters patch updates will include programing to improve on processor efficiency. #netbooks
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    Image of Kerensky97 Kerensky97
    11/11/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP
    Laptop battery ~ 1hr 45 min
    Netbook battery ~ 6 hrs
    Netbook +Win7 battery ~ 5hrs 15min

    I don't see a problem with it. #netbooks
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @Kerensky97: 1hr 45 for a laptop made now is pretty bad, which is usually the case for much cheaper models. #netbooks
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    11/11/09

    @Kerensky97: It sucks more if your netbook came with only a 3-cell battery like my Lenovo S10. #netbooks
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    Image of Benitocarmona Benitocarmona
    11/11/09

    @Dacker: I hear you I have a 3 cell battery on my Lenovo S10 and it sucks MAN ... I just loaded Win 7 Ultimate on my S10 and now it sucks more..I am getting a 6 Cell from Ebay hope it gets better juice. #netbooks
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    Dacker promoted this comment Benitocarmona was starred Benitocarmona was unstarred
    Image of Dacker Dacker
    11/11/09

    @Benitocarmona: The S10 should have shipped with a 6-cell battery and Bluetooth. From a consumer POV, both were no brainers for inclusion.

    You may get a kick out how I got my S10 as an early adopter:

    [consumerist.com] #netbooks
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    Image of Benitocarmona Benitocarmona
    11/12/09

    @Dacker: Yes I see that both were early adopters, i ended up buying the bluetooth chip and installing it myself, and adding a 6 cell battery. But now with prices going down on old netbooks i just got a HP mini that will replace the Lenovo and i will wipe out XP and install Win7. the nly reason for selling the lenovo will be the Fn Key other than that I really like the S-10 it's well built. Try a 6 cell battery they are cheap in e bay #netbooks
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