The research team behind the new "jelly batteries" say they can mould to human tissue, making them "promising for future use in biomedical implants".
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00:00If you can imagine, the brain is soft and stretchy.
00:13So what we tried to do is make electronics soft and stretchy to be able to interface
00:18either inside our body or on our skin.
00:21And the way we did this was we made hydrogel materials that are ionically conductive.
00:27And by mimicking the electric eel, we were able to make a power source out of these hydrogel
00:32materials, which are both soft and stretchy, sort of like our brains, which reduces any
00:39inflammation or scarring that the body may have.
00:44This is an example of one of the pieces of gel that we used to make up the battery.
00:56And as you can see, it's very soft and stretchable, just like jelly, really.
01:03And with about five of these stuck together, we can then make the hydrogel power source.