Energy harvesting for implantable devices

The Scientist (Midland, Ontario, Jan. 20) -- John Rogers, a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois, and his colleagues have constructed flexible energy-harvesting devices that can convert the movement of body parts – such as the heart and lungs – into energy captured by a battery that could be used to power implantable devices like pacemakers. Also: CNET News (San Francisco), Gizmodo India (New Delhi, Jan. 20), New Scientist (Cambridge, England, Jan. 20), News Track India (from Asian News International, Washington, D.C.; New Delhi, Jan. 21), HealthDay (Jan. 21), CBS News (Jan. 21), ASEE FirstBell (Jan. 22), The Philadelphia Inquirer (from HealthDay News, Jan. 21), CNET Asia (Centrepoint, Singapore, Jan. 21), The Hindiu (Jan. 22), Popular Mechanics (Jan. 21), Authint Mail (Jan. 22), Medical Daily (Jan. 21), Chemistry World (Jan. 22), Voice of America (Jan. 22), Science 360 (NSF, from Popular Mechanics, Jan. 23), CNET News (San Francisco, Jan. 23), Red Orbit.com (Dallas, Jan. 26), Energy Harvesting Journal (Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 27), New Zealand Herald (Auckland, Jan. 28), nanotechweb.org (Bristol, England, Jan. 31), Daily Fusion (New York City, Feb. 5).