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How Many of Your Internal Organs Can You Live Without?
Organ failure is one of those annoying problems many of us face — often sooner than we want to. The good news is that there are a lot of organs you can live without. You probably already know, for example, that your appendix and tonsils can be removed entirely without any harm done. But there are several other organs you can live without, or replace with synthetics, that you didn't know about. Get ready for a body without organs in our helpful guide to five organs you can can get rid of. More »
cyber-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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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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biotech
You Can Live Without Heart Valves and Kidneys
Two new artificial organs rolled out in the past week are going to make things a hell of a lot easier for people with malfunctioning (or absent) heart valves and kidneys. The first device (pictured) is an artificial heart valve that can replace the part of your heart that pushes blood through your body. Being born without a heart valve (you have two, a right and a left) is a common congenital heart defect. Most people get it repaired with a cadaver valve — the valve from a dead person or a dead pig. Those work great, but are prone to infection. So this artificial valve could save lives. And the wearable artificial kidney is even cooler. More »
repo movies
In the future, you'll be able to pay for new organs on credit, just like decorating your home. But what happens when you can't payoff the new body parts you've been enjoying? That's the premise of not one but two new films coming out next year. And one of them is a musical. Only in Hollywood.
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Body Organs Get Yanked In Clash Of Repo Movies
In the future, you'll be able to pay for new organs on credit, just like decorating your home. But what happens when you can't payoff the new body parts you've been enjoying? That's the premise of not one but two new films coming out next year. And one of them is a musical. Only in Hollywood.
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