Is blood useful as an electrolyte material? Can Ana's husband Doug help us understand art? Is art even worth understanding? We didn't answer all of these questions but we answered most of them
Covered this episode: blood chandelier batteries, some aimless chattery about other subjectively distressing art, and battery/fuel cell concepts for medical devices
Sources:
blood battery art (including video) (the website mixes up anodes and cathodes so watch out for that (aluminum = anode, copper = cathode)) http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die
paper battery that can use blood as an electrolyte: http://www.pnas.org/content/104/34/13574.full, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13754475
blood fuel cell: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/fuel-cell-generates-power-from-human-blood
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