MIT working up microbatteries to power implantable medical sensors

In the never-ending quest to make even the smallest devices on Earth a touch smaller, a talented team of MIT engineers have developed a method for creating and installing microbatteries, which could eventually power a plethora of diminutive devices including "labs-on-a-chip and implantable medical sensors." It's bruited that this is the first time in which "microcontact printing has been used to fabricate and position microbattery electrodes and the first use of virus-based assembly in such a process," and while you'd likely have to be a colleague to even digest that, the take away is that these gurus are one step closer to generating battery-powered Scrubbing Bubbles. And your shower could use 'em.

[Via PCMag]

[mkeough23 @ Aug 24th 2008 7:55PM]

Can it make my iphone battery last longer cause mine just went dead :(

[deyanimay @ Aug 24th 2008 9:15PM]

Almost as bad as the guy above you.

[steven @ Aug 24th 2008 9:42PM]

It's OK, just take out the battery and put it back in. Then turn it back on. Oh, wait...

[apple fanboy @ Aug 24th 2008 9:05PM]

who cares

[ishism @ Aug 24th 2008 9:38PM]

MIT working up microbatteries to power implantable tracking devise.
"Who cares"
A whole lot of people who see this for what it's leading up to. Tagging and bagging every single person in the world. Extinguishing true freedom to go where you please, when you please.
You really got to get your head out of your a$$.

[andy @ Aug 24th 2008 9:38PM]

"one step closer to generating battery-powered Scrubbing Bubbles"
YES!

[Rubicon @ Aug 24th 2008 9:50PM]

looks like a usb to me

[furquanatique @ Aug 24th 2008 9:57PM]

How am I supposed to recharge my bionic eye when the microbattery runs out of power?

[lorddshadow @ Aug 24th 2008 10:16PM]

one step closer to our nano robot overlords!

[adam @ Aug 25th 2008 12:20AM]

Was "bruited" the Word of the Day? Anyway, you didn't use it correctly. Bruit means to spread a rumor widely. I don't think the researchers' statement about the microcontact printing process quite qualifies as a rumor.