A new project designed for charging cellphones serves as the latest example of the growing bond between humans and technology.
Israeli graduate student Naomi Kizhner has started a project called "Energy Addicts," which includes three pieces of jewelry that can charge a phone with energy absorbed from the owner's body, according to The Inquisitr. The energy used is that which is created from the owner's pulse, blinking and blood.
One of these pieces, called the "blood bridge," is fixed into the user's veins and uses his/her movements and bloodflow to get a small wheel inside it to turn and generate electricity.
The second piece of jewelry is the "blinker," which users wear over the bridge of their noses, Inquisitr reported. Wearers send energy to this device by blinking their eyes.
The third piece, called the "e-pulse conductor," detects the user's pulse when it's attached to the person's body, and it produces more energy with faster pulses.
Understanding the fear that some people might have to such devices, Kizhner wants to see how people react to her project and intends to figure out how much people are addicted to technology, ItProPortal reported.
"I wanted to provoke the thought about how far will we go to in order to 'feed' our addiction in the world of declining resources," she said.
"There are lots of developments of renewable energy resources, but the human body is a natural resource for energy that is constantly renewed, as long as we are alive. I wanted to explore the post-humanistic approach that sees the human body as a resource. Will we be willing to sacrifice our bodies in order to produce more energy? My intention is to provoke a discussion."
