These stretchy 'jelly batteries' could be implanted into humans to power implants and wearables
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.