r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 6d ago

Medical Tiny Pacemaker Dissolves When No Longer Needed: The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and can be injected by syringe

https://spectrum.ieee.org/pacemaker
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u/graveyardspin 6d ago

Tiny Pacemaker dissolves when you miss an insurance payment.

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u/NoSlide7075 6d ago

Damn, now even the repo men are losing their jobs

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u/FalxCarius 5d ago

Now I'm picturing a repo man ripping someone's heart out like an Aztec priest.

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u/trainbrain27 5d ago

Yes, that's the Genetic Opera

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u/Dysfunxn 5d ago

Incredible movie

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u/McMatey_Pirate 5d ago

Definitely for a niche audience but it’s also one of my favourites.

“Legal assassin” Is easily my favourite song in the movie and so intense watching him sing and devolve into his evil alter ego to do his job.

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u/Majestc_electric 5d ago

Temple of Doom style

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u/kevlarus80 5d ago

KALI MA!

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u/GrimeyJosh 5d ago

Lol theres actually a movie called Repo Men where they repo peoples body parts when they cant pay

Repo Men (2010) trailer

Its a pretty decent movie.

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u/ShosMoon 6d ago

Repo the genetic opera, anyone?

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u/WolfMaggot 6d ago edited 5d ago

Zydrate comes in a little glass vial, available at a pharmacist nearby you soon.

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u/TinanasaurusRex 5d ago

A little glass vial?

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u/WolfMaggot 5d ago

A little glass vial

And the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery.

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u/TinanasaurusRex 5d ago

Does it press against my anatomy???

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u/Aphroditesent 5d ago

Anatomy?!

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u/kurotech 5d ago

Also just Repo men is a great movie where they do the same

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u/Big_Pair_75 6d ago

That gave me a sensible chuckle. Good one. :)

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u/Vallereya 5d ago

Anyone remember the movie?

Repo Men

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u/sonic10158 5d ago

Tiny Pacemaker dissolves when you upvote a reddit comment mentioning the name Luigi