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]]> 2007-12-21T00:00:00-05:00 As scientists are attempting to power implanted medical devices with body fuel like glucose, College of Computing faculty member Thad Starner comments, "It is the electronic version of a tapeworm." He says, "It sits there, it is harmless, it takes such a tiny amount of food from you that it doesn't matter, and it does something useful for you." Source: The Guardian

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