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My name is Joshua. I am a physics major aspiring to be a theoretical physicist. I find immense beauty in mathematics and as such post, mostly reblog, a lot of mathematics and physics. However, this still remains a personal blog, rather than being aimed at one particular subject.

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  1. wildcat2030: The biggest question for would-be cyborgs is: How are you going to power all those brain implants? And now it looks like some MIT engineers may have stumbled upon the answer. They have developed a fuel cell that can run on your brain’s own glucose — a breakthrough that could result in powerful neural prosthetics that could restore and control a number of bodily functions. Here’s how it would work — plus why this breakthrough could combine with two other recent developments to make a cyborg future much closer than it was before. The glucose fuel cell isn’t an entirely new idea. Back in the 1970s, scientists showed that a pacemaker could be powered using your body’s own sugar, but lithium-ion batteries proved more practical. Moreover, a glucose fuel cell requires enzymes to work, which didn’t bode well for long-term implantation in the body. (via Brain Implants Powered by Spinal Fluid: Another Huge Step Towards Our Cyborg Future)

    wildcat2030:

    The biggest question for would-be cyborgs is: How are you going to power all those brain implants? And now it looks like some MIT engineers may have stumbled upon the answer. They have developed a fuel cell that can run on your brain’s own glucose — a breakthrough that could result in powerful neural prosthetics that could restore and control a number of bodily functions. Here’s how it would work — plus why this breakthrough could combine with two other recent developments to make a cyborg future much closer than it was before. The glucose fuel cell isn’t an entirely new idea. Back in the 1970s, scientists showed that a pacemaker could be powered using your body’s own sugar, but lithium-ion batteries proved more practical. Moreover, a glucose fuel cell requires enzymes to work, which didn’t bode well for long-term implantation in the body. (via Brain Implants Powered by Spinal Fluid: Another Huge Step Towards Our Cyborg Future)

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