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more about #blood more comments → aidemthgink: 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. more » valkilmerisawful: 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... more » Killjoy: Okay, commenting specifically on the Usa subset: We currently run our bodies with an enormous glucose energy excess, caused by changing the balance o... more » FriarNurgle: Your're gonna want a little lube to plug this in. #bloodbatteries more » Curves: I get a strange vision of a combination IPhone and Vampire. #bloodbatteries more » aeronmichaelangelo001: So would this make America the largest power plant in the world? more » Xagest: 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.... #bloodb... more » Calzo: I'm shocked that someone would think of this. #bloodbatteries more » The Lab: From the article "their waste products will need to be removed without allowing any harmful substances to leach out into the blood stream". That coul... more » newgalactic: 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 sh... more » :negated:: 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 ... more » PaddyDugan: I'm way ahead of you, been using my body as the battery to run my bicycle for years. #bloodbatteries more » sean.fischer89: 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 ... more » Zerod Zunaro: "And it tastes like Hawaiian punch, spiked with caffeine, Twilight fangirl tears and mascara." That's well enough for me to never drink that weird th... more » rrwakc: anyone of you heard about GUARANA? I use it when Im studying allnighter and is the best thing i ever tried. You can get it in plain powder, capsules ... more » -
#thiscyborglife
Can Your Body Be A Battery?
What if machines ran off biological fuel—blood sugar—from our bodies? Could we basically power gadgets on America's increasing supply of body fat and Snickers bars? More » -
#energydrinks
Blood Energy Potion Cures Imaginary Afflicitions Four Hours At A Time
Jack pointed out the lameness and creepiness of the Blood Energy Potion, but it gets lamer and creepier. The makers are touting it as being the best way to deal with your imagined vampirism while drinking faux blood. More » -
#energydrinks
Blood Energy Drink Surprisingly Not Comprised of Bottled Twilight Fangirl Angst
This vampire shit has gone too far. I mean really, can we just drop the act and start drinking real human blood already? More » -
#apple
Original Snow Leopard Was Too Blood Thirsty for Mac OS X Box
Yes, I'm obsessed with the new Mac OS X box. But I treated the poor snow leopard badly. This is not a clipart pussy cat. This is one serious blood thirsty beast who was censored by Apple. Spot the difference: More » -
#nanotech
Piezoelectric Nanowires Could Power Future Gadgets Using Blood Flow
Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you'll make a great battery. More » -
#savinglives
Modded Cell Phone Analyzes Blood to Detect HIV, Malaria, and More
Scientists at UCLA modded an ordinary phone into a portable blood analyzer that can detect diseases at a very low cost. The hack could save lives in poorer areas that can't afford expensive equipment. More » -
#furnishings
Blood Bucket Lamp, Because There's Still a Week to Christmas
It's about a week to Christmas, and once again, you can't figure out that perfect gift for a loved one. Luckily, we've found the item that will offend any member of your family equally. -
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#bloodyhell
Military Developing Blood Farming Machine, Zombie Apocalypse Coming Soon
This looks like the beginning of a George Romero's film, but it's real. It seems like one of the US Army's X-Files technologies is coming to us sooner than most skeptics expected: DARPA is developing now a portable blood farming system that could infinitely produce universal donor red cells from umbilical cord blood, right there in the battlefield. And yes, there's exactly where things go really wrong and soldiers are transformed into mad, blood-seeking, fresh-human-biting but really lovely zombies, ready to spread some kind of weird blood disease all over the world. More » -
#cctv
Vampire Traffic Cameras Detect Blood, Control Carpool Lanes
Those nutty Brits, obsessed with their CCTV cameras, dirty hot water and blood pudding, have decided to mix it all into a single gadget: road cameras which can detect blood and water in the bodies inside the car using an infrared beam. The system will be able to spot who's abusing the carpool lanes, fining you in case you were trying to fool the police using Marge, your special "inflatable friend." Definitely, I'm not moving. My question now is, what happens if you are a driving zombie? More »
