Artificial heart, comming soon!

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Ballatician

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I was going to say that this isn't anything new but their design is the first to have two pumps. I'd be very interested in reading how it compared to some other models.
 
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Cheesetogo

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Originally posted by: soxfan
Originally posted by: RichardE
So it begins....organs being replaced....computer screens on the skin, slowly but surely, we will become robots :Q

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/s...icial.heart/index.html

French scientist unveils artificial heart .....
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Silly French, always trying to recreate what has already been done.

wiki on artifical heart development
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Read the article, it says that this is the first artificial heart that can automatically adjust flow by itself through internal readings, and it is also the first to have two pumps rather than one.
 
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NikolaeVarius

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Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: Modelworks
How much can you replace in a human, before they stop being human ?
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everything except the brain and Im all for it
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This. Hell, I'd be fine if they started sticking implants in there
 
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dighn

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Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: Modelworks
How much can you replace in a human, before they stop being human ?
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everything except the brain and Im all for it
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heck even the brain if they can keep the personality intact, and of course a transfer process that doesn't just create a copy. after all we are just biological machines. it's the mind that matters.
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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Didn't the guy that did the voice of Tigger and Tony the Tiger make the first artificial heart?


It's was GRRRRRREEEAAT!!!!
 
Squisher

Squisher

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I for one welcome the fact that I can have pizza for breakfast.

It's only a heart, I can always get a new one.

 
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rivan

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Originally posted by: Ballatician
I was going to say that this isn't anything new but their design is the first to have two pumps. I'd be very interested in reading how it compared to some other models.
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So, is it like RAID0 or RAID1?

I want a RAID5 heart!
 
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bignateyk

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So it has a battery life of 5 hours. I assume it is an external battery. Does your heart stop when you have to replace the battery? Or is it a rechargeable battery? What happens if the battery shits the bed?
 
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bignateyk

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Originally posted by: soxfan
Originally posted by: RichardE
So it begins....organs being replaced....computer screens on the skin, slowly but surely, we will become robots :Q

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/s...icial.heart/index.html

French scientist unveils artificial heart .....
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Silly French, always trying to recreate what has already been done.

wiki on artifical heart development
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?

So there is no room for improvement over the POS jarvik heart and others?
 
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LikeLinus

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Originally posted by: bignateyk
So it has a battery life of 5 hours. I assume it is an external battery. Does your heart stop when you have to replace the battery? Or is it a rechargeable battery? What happens if the battery shits the bed?
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I'd assume you need to keep several batteries with you at all times. It beats being dead!
 
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