It's an interesting proof of concept, but I really don't see this sort of technology coming on the market any time soon.
I mean, have you seen the video in that article? The technology isn't exactly fit for day to day use yet.
Again, interesting article, just not really practical.
Yes, definitely not practical as this process needs 44k people which is multiple times bigger than my residing society.
After leaving the number of required people, I just imagine at what level it will be feasible. Anything like wearable bands in hands which will be doing the actual mining by consuming the body heat and based on pulse rates then it will be possible to be implemented in real life.
Still hiring that many people and convincing them by paying some shares to them will be a very big task. If we pay them from the 1 bitcoins which is to be mined from their body heat, I'm not sure how much profit will be left out. Honestly, interesting things are not practically working as we are expecting. That must be the catch from God for balancing everything in this world.