Friday, June 15, 2012

Cyborg Implants

"Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated"  This is a famous line from the Star Trek: The Next Generation franchise.


The USS. Enterprise is pushed by the entity "Q" into an unexplored region of space.  While there, they encounter a cube like vessel with cyborgs on board.  These cyborgs have found a way to connect technology with physiology.

Anyhow, researchers at MIT have opened to door to possibly having humanoids with technology wired into them just like the Borg of Star Trek.  They have developed a fuel cell that feeds off the glucose in the brain's cerebrospinal fluid.  It converts the glucose into energy similarly to the way an animal cell uses the ATP process to break down glucose into energy and distribute it.


With this technology, implants and other electronic medical objects could use these fuel cells to power them for a long time and help a patient live a healthier life.


Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/14/glucose-fuel-cell-power-implants-paralyzed_n_1596694.html?utm_hp_ref=science&ncid=webmail13

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thank you for reading and for your comment. All comments are subject to approval. They must be free of vulgarity, ad hominem and must be relevant to the blog posting subject matter.

Labels

Catholic Church (1045) God (469) Jesus (443) Bible (392) Atheism (365) Jesus Christ (329) Pope Francis (269) Atheist (249) Liturgy of the Word (237) Science (184) Christianity (155) LGBT (147) Abortion (86) Gay (83) Pope Benedict XVI (83) Rosa Rubicondior (82) Philosophy (73) Prayer (71) Blessed Virgin Mary (67) Liturgy (66) Physics (61) Vatican (60) President Obama (57) Christian (54) Christmas (53) New York City (52) Psychology (47) Holy Eucharist (45) Theology (42) Apologetics (41) Biology (40) Women (37) Health (36) Politics (36) Baseball (33) Supreme Court (32) NYPD (28) Racism (28) Religious Freedom (27) Traditionalists (26) Illegal Immigrants (25) Pope John Paul II (25) Space (25) priests (25) Death (24) Protestant (23) Donald Trump (22) Astrophysics (20) Evil (20) First Amendment (20) Priesthood (20) Evangelization (19) Gospel (19) Pro Abortion (19) Christ (18) Child Abuse (17) Pro Choice (17) Eucharist (16) Police (16) Vatican II (16) Divine Mercy (15) Marriage (15) Pedophilia (15) Morality (13) Autism (12) Blog (12) Jewish (12) Cognitive Psychology (11) Easter Sunday (11) Holy Trinity (11) September 11 (11) Gender Theory (10) Muslims (10) Poverty (10) CUNY (9) Massimo Pigliucci (9) Pentecostals (9) Personhood (9) Sacraments (9) academia (9) Big Bang Theory (8) Hispanics (8) Human Rights (8) Barack Obama (7) Condoms (7) David Viviano (7) Ellif_dwulfe (7) Evidence (7) NY Yankees (7) Spiritual Life (7) Gender Dysphoria Disorder (6) Hell (6) Humanism (6) Podcast (6) Babies (5) Cyber Bullying (5) Pope Pius XII (5) The Walking Dead (5) Angels (4) Donations (4) Ephebophilia (4) Plenary Indulgence (4) Pope John XXIII (4) Pope Paul VI (4) Catholic Bloggers (3) Death penalty (3) Eastern Orthodox (3) Encyclical (3) Evangelicals (3) Founding Fathers (3) Pluto (3) Baby Jesus (2) Dan Arel (2) Freeatheism (2) Oxfam (2) Penn Jillette (2) Pew Research Center (2) Cursillo (1) Dan Savage (1) Divine Providence (1) Fear The Walking Dead (1) Pentecostales (1)