Cyborg rights depend on new and better legal protections
Law and policy scholars consider whether pacemakers powered by the users themselves can resist corporate control, and how far the augmentation of the human body extends into the law.
Haley McAllister is a PhD student in chemistry at Northwestern University, working on organic materials for sustainable and biomedical uses.
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A heart-powered pacemaker could free patients from the grips of medical device makers
Engineers in South Korea developed a battery-free pacemaker powered by the beating of the heart that could, potentially, last a lifetime.
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