Sentences with phrase «electric eel powers»
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Power transfer to a human during an electric eel's shocking leap.
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Extrapolating from his experience with a small eel, Catania estimates that a human struck on the trunk by a larger, 1.8 - meter - long electric eel might endure a current of 0.24 amperes, or 63 watts of power.
An electric - eel - inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels.
This new type of power source is modeled after rows of cells called electrocytes in the electric organ that runs along an electric eel's body.
In «Electric eels provide a zap of inspiration for a new kind of power source» (SN: 1/20/18, p. 13), voltage was incorrectly described as a measure of energy.
«Electric eel - inspired device reaches 110 volts: Using ion gradients across hydrogels, researchers developed a «soft power» source that they hope can one day power implantable devices.»
In an effort to create a power source for future implantable technologies, a team led by Michael Mayer from the University of Fribourg, along with researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego, developed an electric eel - inspired device that produced 110 volts from gels filled with water, called hydrogels.
A new battery made of fleshy hydrogel layers generates and stores power like electric eels do.
[Kenneth C. Catania, Power Transfer to a Human during an Electric Eel's Shocking Leap]
This article appeared in print under the headline «Electric eel - mimicking battery could power pacemakers»
These electrodes collect the voltage the electric eel emits to then power a sequencer.
When Dillon accidentally falls into a tub of genetically engineered electric eels, he transforms in to Electro, who has the power to control electricity.