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This Is A Blood-Powered Heart Turbine

9:48AM May 17, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Swiss scientists designed a small blood-powered turbine that would fit in your arteries and power internal electronics like a pacemaker. Each turbine can produce 800 microwatts of energy which is far greater than the 10 microwatts used by a pacemaker. More »


Monster Turbine Pro Earbuds Earwax On

8:00AM June 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Monster’s followup to their decent Turbine buds—Turbine Pro—show they’re more betterer with gold trim. Listening to them immediately after the Turbines, they definitely sounded better—richer, better balanced, with more presence, kinda like going from Shure’s SE110s to SE115s. More »