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EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 1 year ago

A battery charged by tears may make smart contact lenses a reality | Digital Trends

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A battery charged by tears may make smart contact lenses a reality | Digital Trends

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EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 1 year ago
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A wafer-thin battery is in development that may be ideal to power smart contact lenses in the future. And it has an unusual way of being recharged.
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    Boy, I’ll be running a nuclear power plant in my eyes. Finally, a depression win

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      If only I hadn’t opted for the apathy and ennui depression I would have these. I guess I’ll just stick to glasses.

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    We can make unlimited green power by putting these in orphans eyes and poking them with sharp sticks. Who want to invest?

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      And we can market it as a more humane alternative to the orphan crushing machine. Pure genius.

      • CameronDev@programming.dev
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        The orphans are still getting crushed afterwards, this just allows their lives to have meaning

        • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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          That goes without saying.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      “You mean all this is powered by a forsaken child?!”

      “I didn’t use the whole thing!”

    • 🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌@lemmy.world
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      Isn’t that just a summary of the military and their mission to secure oil?

      • CameronDev@programming.dev
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        The is green 🌈. So no ethical issues

        • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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          Just make sure to use rainbow coloured sticks.

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    Thus, Evil Villains everywhere rejoiced in this new found technology.

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    It’s finally time to introduce my CathartoMAX video player that only shows Coco, Moonlight, the beginning of Up, the Leaves From A Vine scene from ATLA, and other things that will make the user cry.

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      Mirror

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    If they can find a way to offload the excess energy to my house, I’ll never pay for electricity again!

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      But then what will make you cry?

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        deleted by creator

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    Now the bro-dozer crowd can drive a truck that is literally powered by the tears of “liberals” and reduce emissions at the same time. It’s a win-win.

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    It’s a “Monster Inc” reboot ?

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    And we’ll never hear of that one again.

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    This headline is a roller coaster.

    “In what possible application is that concept not a horrifying ‘torment nexus’ level of oh okay that makes sense.”

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    How much power does it provide? This doesn’t sound like a high-energy reaction.

    Second question, if it’s actually enough to be useful, which I doubt: How long does it last?

    This reads like a nothingburger right now. Science journalists have a way of taking academically-interesting projects and omitting all the catches so they seem commercially relevant.

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    in the future: you’ll see people crying in public and you’ll assume that they’re just recharging their batteries. lol

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    Watching a football game from the worst seat: “Make me cry, make me cry!”

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    i’ll be able to charge my phone while rotmaxxing and doomscrolling. nice

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    “I was just trying to help you charge your contacts!”

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