Sew this tiny electric power plant onto your heart to recharge your cybernetic enhancements

The future promises all sorts of exciting things. Justin Bieber could be long-forgotten. Big Macs might actually look like as appetising as they do on the menu. And we could all be augmented with cyborg enhancements.

Whether you’re planning on getting X-Ray vision eye implants or a wrist-embedded touchscreen, you’re going to need to power them up somehow – and we don’t think shoving Duracell batteries into your ears will be the answer.

One solution put forward by a team of scientists is to harvest the energy created by your very own internal organs with a specially designed charger.

Not for the squeamish

The charger itself consists of a piezoelectric power plant strip made from lead zirconate titanate nanoribbons, housed in biocompatible plastic.

Esat Dedezade Contributor

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Esat has been a gadget fan ever since his tiny four-year-old brain was captivated by a sound-activated dancing sunflower. From there it was a natural progression to a Sega Mega Drive, a brief obsession with hedgehogs, and a love for all things tech. After 7 years as a writer and deputy editor for Stuff, Esat ventured out into the corporate world, spending three years as Editor of Microsoft's European News Centre. Now a freelance writer, his appetite for shiny gadgets has no bounds. Oh, and like all good human beings, he's very fond of cats.