Selene Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Who says necessity is not the mother of invention in the New Normal. While a tiny fraction of the Japanese population is enjoying the transitory effects of Abe's latest reflating "wealth effect" policy (even as China has made it clear said policy will end quite soon), the bigger problem for Japan is that even sooner, more and more of it will be reliant on hamster wheels to generate electricity, as LNG prices have just hit a record high and are rising at a breakneck pace, and as local nuclear power generation has collapsed to virtually zero. Which means one thing: electricity will soon become so unaffordable only those who are invested in the daily 2% Nikkei surges will be able to electrify their immediate surroundings.Now, ..."what is Japan's solution? A quite ingenious one: as Geek.com and ASR both report, Japan's Fujifilm has created organic printed sheet that harvests energy from body heat, or in other words, converts body heat to electricity. Finally, at least one key part of the Matrix "reality" is now fully operational - the use of human beings as batteries.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-25/japan-matrix-now-reality-humans-are-used-living-batteries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Who says necessity is not the mother of invention in the New Normal. While a tiny fraction of the Japanese population is enjoying the transitory effects of Abe's latest reflating "wealth effect" policy (even as China has made it clear said policy will end quite soon), the bigger problem for Japan is that even sooner, more and more of it will be reliant on hamster wheels to generate electricity, as LNG prices have just hit a record high and are rising at a breakneck pace, and as local nuclear power generation has collapsed to virtually zero. Which means one thing: electricity will soon become so unaffordable only those who are invested in the daily 2% Nikkei surges will be able to electrify their immediate surroundings.Now, ..."what is Japan's solution? A quite ingenious one: as Geek.com and ASR both report, Japan's Fujifilm has created organic printed sheet that harvests energy from body heat, or in other words, converts body heat to electricity. Finally, at least one key part of the Matrix "reality" is now fully operational - the use of human beings as batteries.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-25/japan-matrix-now-reality-humans-are-used-living-batteriesI am sure the average Japanese person generates enough converted power to keep a D-cell flash light bulb lit to a dull glow.Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 And we're rechargeable, too!--Branthook me up, Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiodekadent Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 As a total Matrix geek I'm finding myself far too excited by this possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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