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Semi-permanent heart pumps like this one are installed in people's hearts all over the world. The problem is that when these software-controlled pumps fail, the blue screen of death is literally killing people. So researchers at Frunhofer-Gesellsschaft Research, who make a popular model of heart pump (or VAD, for ventricular assist device), have invented this model which will serve as a debugger. New software will run on this human simulator, and researchers can see what might go wrong before it stops your heart.
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A Better Debugger for the Software That Runs Your Cybernetic Heart
Semi-permanent heart pumps like this one are installed in people's hearts all over the world. The problem is that when these software-controlled pumps fail, the blue screen of death is literally killing people. So researchers at Frunhofer-Gesellsschaft Research, who make a popular model of heart pump (or VAD, for ventricular assist device), have invented this model which will serve as a debugger. New software will run on this human simulator, and researchers can see what might go wrong before it stops your heart.
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Cybercrawlies and Mechanical Brains
Nick writes in to tell us that Wired's Jenna Wortham has posted a great gallery of crawly machine creatures by Christopher Conte. Here you can see an insect he made from the parts of old Singer sewing machines. Check out his other amazing stuff, like a Terminator-looking hand and a skull opened up to reveal a mechanical brain. [Wired]
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