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World’s First Nuclear-Powered Diamond Battery Can Power Devices for Millennia
The world’s first nuclear-powered battery has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol, offering an incredible lifespan of thousands of years. Using carbon-14, a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 5,730 years, embedded within a diamond structure, the battery generates energy without requiring motion or maintenance. Short-ra...
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Porous Solar Cells Could Help Scientists to Develop Better Pacemakers
Expanding the potential of solar cells, scientists from the University of Chicago incorporated holes on the top layer of the solar cells, making them porous. They found that the holes could improve the technology and in turn be used in making less-invasive pacemakers.
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Explained: How Electric Vehicles Can Be Made Better With Solid-State Batteries
Solid-state batteries could be game changer for electric vehicles (EVs) by storing more energy, charging faster, and offering greater safety than liquid lithium-ion batteries, helping accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel-powered cars.
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iPhone 12, MagSafe Accessories May Interfere With Pacemakers, Medical Implants, Cautions Apple
Apple has cautioned users that implanted pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical implants might contain sensors that respond to magnets in iPhones and MagSafe accessories. Users are advised to keep their iPhones and MagSafe accessories a safe distance away (more than 6 inches/ 15 cm apart or more than 12 inches/ 30 cm apart if wirelessly charg...
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This Electronic Patch Can Monitor, Treat Heart Disease, Say Scientists
According to the scientists, while pacemakers and other implantable devices are used to monitor and treat irregular heartbeats, these are mostly made with rigid materials that can't move to accommodate a beating heart.
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New Implant To Ease Sleep Apnea
Researchers have developed a new implant device - a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead - which instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, uses two wires to stimulate the tongue to help cut sleep apnea.
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'Used' pacemakers give Indians new lease of life
Chandrakan Pawar is lucky to be alive. In September, the Indian former textile mill worker was given an artificial pacemaker after his heart rate plunged to just 20 to 30 beats per minute. On the face of it, his case was not unusual, with the use of pacemakers to correct abnormal heart rates now commonplace around the world. What was more unusual i...
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Headphones may hinder pacemakers
Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
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World’s First Nuclear-Powered Diamond Battery Can Power Devices for Millennia
The world’s first nuclear-powered battery has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol, offering an incredible lifespan of thousands of years. Using carbon-14, a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 5,730 years, embedded within a diamond structure, the battery generates energy without requiring motion or maintenance. Short-ra...
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Porous Solar Cells Could Help Scientists to Develop Better Pacemakers
Expanding the potential of solar cells, scientists from the University of Chicago incorporated holes on the top layer of the solar cells, making them porous. They found that the holes could improve the technology and in turn be used in making less-invasive pacemakers.
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Explained: How Electric Vehicles Can Be Made Better With Solid-State Batteries
Solid-state batteries could be game changer for electric vehicles (EVs) by storing more energy, charging faster, and offering greater safety than liquid lithium-ion batteries, helping accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel-powered cars.
-
iPhone 12, MagSafe Accessories May Interfere With Pacemakers, Medical Implants, Cautions Apple
Apple has cautioned users that implanted pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical implants might contain sensors that respond to magnets in iPhones and MagSafe accessories. Users are advised to keep their iPhones and MagSafe accessories a safe distance away (more than 6 inches/ 15 cm apart or more than 12 inches/ 30 cm apart if wirelessly charg...
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This Electronic Patch Can Monitor, Treat Heart Disease, Say Scientists
According to the scientists, while pacemakers and other implantable devices are used to monitor and treat irregular heartbeats, these are mostly made with rigid materials that can't move to accommodate a beating heart.
-
New Implant To Ease Sleep Apnea
Researchers have developed a new implant device - a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead - which instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, uses two wires to stimulate the tongue to help cut sleep apnea.
-
'Used' pacemakers give Indians new lease of life
Chandrakan Pawar is lucky to be alive. In September, the Indian former textile mill worker was given an artificial pacemaker after his heart rate plunged to just 20 to 30 beats per minute. On the face of it, his case was not unusual, with the use of pacemakers to correct abnormal heart rates now commonplace around the world. What was more unusual i...
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Headphones may hinder pacemakers
Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
