Edible battery innovation could lead to targeted health sensors, drug delivery

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Edible battery innovation could lead to targeted health sensors, drug delivery

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/edible-battery-innovation-could-lead-targeted-health-sensors-171124722.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z.XIcYl5fZS8I4_5Y6Nj7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_58.44af4150709.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Edible battery innovation could lead to targeted health sensors, drug delivery" align="left" title="Edible battery innovation could lead to targeted health sensors, drug delivery" border="0" /></a>No, it's not to give people extra energy when they're feeling rundown, but the invention could prove invaluable in powering ingested healthcare sensors and in delivering smart drugs. Just as fully flexible phones are being held back from becoming a reality because of less than flexible battery technology, the next generation of ingestible health sensors and monitoring devices will remain theoretical until a safe way of powering them -- one that doesn't require a patient to be plugged into the mains, or confined to a hospital -- is developed. As first reported by MIT Technology Review, a team of scientists from Carnegie Mellon may just have cracked it.</p><br clear="all"/>

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