Science News for Kids » Texas Instruments; battery http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Your head’s battery http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/fluids-in-the-inner-ear-can-actually-power-an-electronic-device-such-as-an-implant/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/fluids-in-the-inner-ear-can-actually-power-an-electronic-device-such-as-an-implant/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:03:47 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15370 Scientists have designed a small electronic circuit (inside the two golden squares) that can monitor the strength of the natural battery in a guinea pig’s inner ear. The tiny device had to collect energy from the ear’s battery and then store it until there was enough power to transmit data to doctors. Credit: Mercier et al. (2012), Nature Biotechnology

Fluids in the inner ear can actually power an electronic device, such as an implant]]> Scientists have designed a small electronic circuit (inside the two golden squares) that can monitor the strength of the natural battery in a guinea pig’s inner ear. The tiny device had to collect energy from the ear’s battery and then store it until there was enough power to transmit data to doctors. Credit: Mercier et al. (2012), Nature Biotechnology

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