A new type of tattoo

• Published in: Tribology & lubrication technology Vol. 70; no. 11; p. 8
• Main Author: Canter, Neil
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Park Ridge Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Biodiesel fuels; Carbon; Colleges & universities; Electrodes; Fuels; Human subjects; Irritation; Lactates; Lubrication; Nanoengineering; Physiology; Screen printing; Skin; Sweat; Tattoos; Tribology

Wenzhao Jia, Joseph Wang, distinguished professor and chairperson of the nanoengineering department at the University of California-San Diego, and their associates have harnessed the energy from sweat by developing a biofuel cell that is powered by a substance found in sweat, lactate. To deal with t...