A pulse no longer necessary for life
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I could see these also being desired by prisoners wishing to escape confinement by hiding in an exiting truck or perhaps enemy combatants who hope to not be detected by heartbeat sensors(if those even really exist).
[1] http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30002/30002-h/30002-h.htm
I actually would have thought that the breathing cycle was more disruptive to a shot than the pulse.
I have also wondered if there is a place in that area for the use of gyroscopes. I can't remember if it was a news article or a novel, but my recollection is that shooting from helicopters employed gyros.
Plus, most people with existing medical conditions worth mentioning usually wear a bracelet. I feel this would fall into the same category.
Yeah, CPR will not work if you have this machine instead of a heart, and it isn't working. But if you aren't breathing, it may work because CPR also activates the lungs and circulates air as you said.
Got a reference for that? What's the C in CPR for if that's true?
I think you meant to ask "What's the P in CPR for if that's true?"
I just went looking for their website to post here, but apparently they've shut down. On further googling it turns out that they shut down in 2008 when three out of their 188 human test subjects dropped dead due to their hearts accidentally coming unplugged. Whoops.
Just for the laughs, this reminds me of the fictional Umbrella Corp. and may be this could end up being the real life version of Resident Evil? :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_assist_device -- looks like centrifugal pumps have existed for at least long enough for someone to write a Wikipedia article about them.
i wonder what it feels like to have no pulse.
I'm guessing PhysOrg.com is picking up on the fact that people are starting to see their writing as over-hyped and unreliable. Thus a new .com address. Shame, all they have to do is just write well and we'll like them. Talk about going the wrong way.
Turns out they've been around since 1994. And yes, Dick Cheney is without a heartbeat.
Please be aware that the link provided contains a video which is disturbing to the public in general and pet owners in particular.
I'd give it about ten years before athletes get banned from getting a high performance "sport edition" heart.
In sports your heart is a lot less relevant than your lung capacity. You are more likely to end up with not enough oxygen than your heart not being able to pump your blood fast enough.
Which is another problem, there is a reason your heart doesn't beat at full speed: How well does a pump regulate the blood flow?
Of course, it will be problematic when you accidentally leave the wireless on your smartphone turned on and kill the battery.