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Lung powered Generator

Using kinetic movement of lungs to generate power
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To power the various added features of the body (pace maker, nerve stimulator's...) one could use the breathing movements to produce a modest electrical gain.

1. Piezo electric wires that attach at some points where the most stretching would occur. Maybe the diaphragm

2. fluid transfered between two sacks that have a 2 way mini turbine

3. I dunno

lostmind, Sep 19 2007

Similar idea. http://www.patentst...94-description.html
Every time I read the word piezo I become so hungry for pie. [bungston, Sep 19 2007]

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       Could just use one of those small watch-winders, the ones that wind with the motion of your arm.
21 Quest, Sep 19 2007
  

       Ya, only works when your breathing. I guess that rules out any time your not breathing like, DURING A HEART ATTACK.
F_R_O_G, Sep 19 2007
  

       Dude, frog, that's what battery backups are for. This would greatly prolong the battery life, I think. Not so sure that adding pressure to the lungs wouldn't cause breathing difficulty, though. The lungs would have to work harder to power it. If somebody's having health problems and needs a pace-maker, it might not be healthy, (neutral)
21 Quest, Sep 19 2007
  

       Catheter Turbine?
the dog's breakfast, Sep 20 2007
  

       Just use an artificial blood pump in place of the heart. You can use turbines in the aorta to generate power. Eternal life! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
GutPunchLullabies, Sep 20 2007
  

       Sorry [GutPunchLullabies] That would be a perpetual exsanguination machine.
the dog's breakfast, Sep 20 2007
  

       Why not just jack straight into the heart? Using a turbine.
Noexit, Sep 20 2007
  
      
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