So this is how the Zombie Apocalypse will begin...

[MomentsofSanity]

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/biotech-company-use-stem-cells-reactivate-brains-dead

I for one welcome our new zombie overlords.

Edit. Screw you mobile site and your hate for links!

 

[Charmonium]

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/biotech-company-use-stem-cells-reactivate-brains-dead

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I for one welcome our new zombie overlords.

Yep. Good riddance humanity, the world will be better off without you.

 

[Charmonium]

I want to see the zombies duke it out with the killer AIs. We'll all be dead by then but maybe if I can make myself useful to the AIs . . . hmmmm.

 

[William Gaatjes]

From a very alternative viewpoint :

According to some, the brain is just a containment vessel to hold a spirit. When your dead, there is really no longer nobody home. When restarting the brain, what will it capture ? The original occupying spirit or something worse ?
Many horror movies have been made were the spirit or soul was replaced by something less friendly...
And movies always have been a way to predicting the future. Just look at the laser, the solid state storage device...

 

[John Connor]

Perhaps we should first figure out why they are brain dead from the begin with and then find a solution to that problem?



Do they need stem cells?

 

[Blue_Max]

That's it... it's time to pick up my jogging again...

 

[John Connor]

Like a boss.

 

[zinfamous]

Like a boss.

And do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement to keep those treadmills powered for decades?

How do you dispose of spent nuclear fuel?

 

[TwiceOver]

And do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement to keep those treadmills powered for decades?

How do you dispose of spent nuclear fuel?

Um, obviously you eat it. Then gain super powers. Then you can just blast zombies down with laser beams from your eyes.

 

[twinrider1]

lol. Now I want to see Ok Go redo their first big video as zombies.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

And do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement to keep those treadmills powered for decades?

How do you dispose of spent nuclear fuel?

He's on to something here. Maybe to real old school style that are covered rollers on ramps no power needed.

 

[zinfamous]

He's on to something here. Maybe to real old school style that are covered rollers on ramps no power needed.

Just replace the treadmills with 40 degree angle ramps made of suspended roller balls, like you say. Behind the ramps, dig a ten foot trench lined with deep spikes. The zombies that make it over the trench get planted back into the trench when they hit the ramps and immobilized on the wire/spikes.

Of course you need a mechanical gate as the floor of the trench, because you will have to clean the zombies out at some point. They would eventually pile up high enough to traverse the trench and ramps. I advise digging a deep reservoir under the trench...one made of fire. maybe even lava. Maybe put sharks in the lava.

Open the trench with your mechanical lever and toss the zombies into the lava pit with sharks, release and you have a clean spike trench waiting for more zombies.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

And do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement to keep those treadmills powered for decades?

How do you dispose of spent nuclear fuel?

Bigger problem: If your power ever cuts out you're surrounded by zombies that are too physically fit for you to be able to outrun them.

 

[zinfamous]

Bigger problem: If your power ever cuts out you're surrounded by zombies that are too physically fit for you to be able to outrun them.

what if you keep one of those treadmills inside to stay up to date with your cardio?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

what if you keep one of those treadmills inside to stay up to date with your cardio?

Hey, and use the indoor treadmill to run a generator that powers the outdoor treadmills. Problem solved, bring on the zombies!

 

[zinfamous]

Hey, and use the indoor treadmill to run a generator that powers the outdoor treadmills. Problem solved, bring on the zombies!

Oh this is brilliant.

Where's adlep?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Where's adlep?

Looking for the Kickstarter page to invest.

 

[KeithP]

If they can bring the brain dead back to life there may actually be hope for congress.

-KeithP

 

[nakedfrog]

Well, the name certainly has the right kind of ring to it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If they can bring the brain dead back to left there may actually be hope for congress.

-KeithP

Sadly, probably not. Having a functioning brain does not guarantee that it will be used for its intended purpose. Congress teaches us that every day.

 

[Charmonium]

Hey, and use the indoor treadmill to run a generator that powers the outdoor treadmills. Problem solved, bring on the zombies!

If the treadmill track moves fast enough, will the zombies fly? :sneaky:

 

[thesmokingman]

And do you have a mini nuclear reactor in your basement to keep those treadmills powered for decades?

How do you dispose of spent nuclear fuel?

Decouple the gearing so it just spins?

But the idea to couple the treadmill to a generator is pure genius. Why haven't we seen this in the Walking Dead yet?

 

[Ruptga]

Do they need stem cells?

In a word, yep.

Many types of cells can't be replaced naturally, like islet cells and neurons, but neurons can't be injected like islet cells can. Neurons can be very long, up to around 3 feet in the sciatic nerve, so it's obviously physically impossible for them to be transplanted. They are also not that great at repairing themselves, so the only way to recover 100% from a neurological injury involves stem cells which can be injected and programmed to take take root and grow to replace dead neurons.

The ideal therapy would involve adult stem cells from the injured person (since there's no possibility of rejection in that case, and no need to find a donor) but working with adult stem cells is really hard and we have to start somewhere. Now, you're probably going to ignore everything else I just wrote and say something sulky about Jesus or maybe infanticidal Nazis, but you can't say I didn't try.

 

[chrsmi1]

One word. Moat.