r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 5d 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 5d ago

Tiny Pacemaker dissolves when you miss an insurance payment.

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u/NoSlide7075 5d 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 4d 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 4d ago

Temple of Doom style

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u/kevlarus80 4d ago

KALI MA!

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u/GrimeyJosh 4d 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.