A driving bass rhythm can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.
Low-frequency acoustic waves from music were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis.
Ref.: A. Kim, T. Maleki, and B. Ziaie, A Novel Electromechanical Interrogation Scheme for Implantable Passive Transponders, findings are detailed in a paper to be presented during the IEEE MEMS conference, Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 in Paris
Implanted transponder scavenging musical sound and radiating an RF pulse at the resonant frequency of the passive sensor (credit: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University)
