The
blending of man and machine took a giant leap forward this week after US and
Chinese researchers announced they had developed a miniature implantable
battery that could be powered by the human body.
Increasing advances in biomedical devices have faced the dilemma of a reliable power source. By taking advantage of the contracting and relaxing motions of the heart, lung and diaphram - these implanted devices could see a never ending power supply. This processes is referred to as piezoelectric energy harvesting.
The combining of the natural processes of the body with theses tiny flexible devices could help to power such devices as Heart rate monitors, pacemakers, cardioverter-defibrillators, and neural stimulators - essentially any type of electronic implants that rely on battery power for operation.
The devices are made of lead zirconate titanate nanoribbons, incased with-in biocompatible plastic. The integrated rectifier converts the electric signal which stores it in a tiny rechargeable battery.
Increasing advances in biomedical devices have faced the dilemma of a reliable power source. By taking advantage of the contracting and relaxing motions of the heart, lung and diaphram - these implanted devices could see a never ending power supply. This processes is referred to as piezoelectric energy harvesting.
The combining of the natural processes of the body with theses tiny flexible devices could help to power such devices as Heart rate monitors, pacemakers, cardioverter-defibrillators, and neural stimulators - essentially any type of electronic implants that rely on battery power for operation.
The devices are made of lead zirconate titanate nanoribbons, incased with-in biocompatible plastic. The integrated rectifier converts the electric signal which stores it in a tiny rechargeable battery.
Researchers
believe it will also be possible to have multiple batteries combined together
for even more power and storage.
As this technology advances all sorts of new gadgets and applications will be possible. Imagine charging your mobile phone by plugging into your own body.
Those who study Bible prophecy have long wondered how the "Mark of the Beast" described in Revelation 13 might be possible from a technological perspective. This passage describes the ability to buy or sell using one's right hand or forehead:
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16,17
Medical biometrics may be paving the way for further consumer type advances. With continued security breaches of credit cards it is not hard to imagine people desiring a more biometrically secure method to purchase and store information.
As this technology advances all sorts of new gadgets and applications will be possible. Imagine charging your mobile phone by plugging into your own body.
Those who study Bible prophecy have long wondered how the "Mark of the Beast" described in Revelation 13 might be possible from a technological perspective. This passage describes the ability to buy or sell using one's right hand or forehead:
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16,17
Medical biometrics may be paving the way for further consumer type advances. With continued security breaches of credit cards it is not hard to imagine people desiring a more biometrically secure method to purchase and store information.
RFID
implants with credit card type applications may not be far off and thus brining
us one step closer to what Revelation describes will happen in the last days.
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