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Joseph Shavit

MIT researchers made implantable batteries lighter, safer and 50% longer lasting

Pacemakers and other medical devices, as well as long-distance drones and remote sensors, would require fewer battery replacements.

Joseph Shavit

Engineers develop the world's first battery-free, light-powered pacemaker

The device uses light and a technique called optogenetics, which modifies cells that are sensitive to light to affect their behavior.

Joshua Shavit

Sponge-like solar cells could be basis for better pacemakers

In a new study, University of Chicago scientists find that holes can also improve technology, including medical devices.

Joseph Shavit

'Bionic' pacemaker reverses heart failure

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in heart patients this year.