Researchers have been inspired by electric eels to develop super-power sources that mimic power cells. Image from the web On the 12th, Nature Science magazine (UK) released the latest progress in engineering: European scientists reported the first "electrical organ" that simulated the cell for power generation. This is a flexible super power supply made of biocompatible materials, inspired by electric eel, which meets the needs of soft robots and will have great potential for implant and wearable devices. Nature has always been regarded as a source of various technological ideas and major inventions of mankind. Scientists study the structure and function of living organisms in nature and invent new devices and techniques based on these principles. Researchers developed the super-power source that simulates the cells for power generation, which is inspired by the "electric waterline", the eel. An electric eel, a fish known for its brief, high-intensity discharge, instantly produces powerful electric prey at up to 100 watts. Fantastic is that it can discharge at any time, to grasp the discharge time and intensity. Electric eels rely not on batteries, but on thousands of cells that generate electricity that can be stacked together to discharge large quantities. Michael Meyer, a researcher at the University of Friborg in Switzerland, and his colleagues developed a hydrogel-based tubular system that closely mimics the characteristics of power cells. They also carefully designed a folding structure similar to the origami to help control the discharge, the resulting power supply, can produce similar voltage and electric eel. The researchers said that as technology and biology converge, biocompatibility, mechanical compliance and the ability to capture the chemical energy inside the biological system have become a must. The world's first software, flexible, transparent "organ" made from biocompatible materials is nowadays appealingly suited to the needs of software robots - non-rigid and without the need to plug in. The authors said that if the next generation of design can improve performance, the system will be more widely used in the power of transplants, wearable devices and other mobile devices, and truly open the door to the supply of "electric organs."