And in the real world, pacemakers won't need batteries
Engineering boffins in the States have announced details of a new method of wireless power transmission which can reach inside a human body to power tiny implanted devices, so removing the need for repeated surgery in order to change batteries - or movie-style options such as the chest-socket "arc reactor" or hand-carried car battery as favoured by Tony Stark in Iron Man.…
via The Register - Networks
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/03/medical_implant_wireless_power_breakthrough/
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