Hr2: Heat-sensitive Prosthetic Skin, Flint Water, Ingestible Electronics

Science Friday

Three years after the Flint water crisis began, lead concentrations in the water are below federal action levels, but residents are still drinking filtered and bottled water. Plus, researchers have designed a battery that runs on stomach acid to power ingestible sensors.

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