Space Lynx
Astronaut
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2014
- Messages
- 16,000 (4.60/day)
- Location
- Kepler-186f
Researchers develop a system to keep the brain alive independent of body
The device works by redirecting the brain's blood supply through a pump that maintains or adjusts a series of variables, including blood pressure, volume, temperature, oxygenation, and...
www.techspot.com
A team of researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center tested the device on the brain of a pig that was anesthetized with ketamine and other chemicals. It kept the animal's brain activity and health at normal levels over a five-hour period. While this obviously isn't going to enable a Futurama-like ability to keep human heads alive in jars, the researchers said it could lead to ways of studying the brain without it being influenced by other bodily functions.
After reading the above paragraph I decided I am ok with this research from an ethical standpoint, imagine it lads and lassies, Space Lynx on interstellar missions in his robot body and Steam Deck OLED 4, released in the year 2030. Life isn't bad when you are traveling to goldilocks zone planets with a top of the line Steam Deck in offline mode and a nuclear fusion battery and robot body. I might actually be able to finish my Steam backlog before I land...
I hope the aliens are cool. If I come across a planet of cave men types, I promise, I will be a good overseer to them, and my first order will be to have them build me a pyramid, just for the lulz of future historians bewilderment.
You came for the news, stayed for the short story.
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