From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 10:52:28 MDT
--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 12:14:44PM +0200, Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> >
> > Good for powering all your "embedded" devices.. :-)
> >
> > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/03/1059849278131.html
>
> "Ah. Hear the tamagochis of the night. Vat music zey make."
>
> "This device is not powered... by batteries."
Am surprised that Banks didn't predict such technology for the Culture.
Considering the mods they get done, it shouldn't be hard (no pun
intended) to embed a vibratory device powered by blood in one's sexual
organs....
Then again, I can also forsee a new SF myth: that vampires are
posthumans who have too many embedded devices for their own bone marrow
to supply, and so must harvest blood from others...
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist.
>
> Seriously, it is an expected and useful development. I still think
> it will not be good for fast slimming, but powering implants is
> nothing to sneeze at.
On the contrary, since your entire blood supply will power a 100 watt
light bulb, imagine being a luminous technicolor cowboy on the rave
dance floor, strobing and blinking your pounds away...
What would be needed would be a fuel cell that can burn fatty acids instead.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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