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out of body experience: machine keeps disembodied animal hearts beating

out-of-body-experience

Researchers at North Carolina State University have invented a machine that can keep an animal heart functional even after it has been removed from its body. Freaky. Andrew Richards, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, designed the “dynamic heart system”, which “pumps fluid through a pig heart so that it functions in a very realistic…

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May 15th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful technology weird science

syringe usb drive for all the medgeeks in the house

syringe usb drive brando

Whatever your particular (or peculiar) pleasure, there’s a novelty USB drive to fit your freaks. Robots, jewelry, supply dispensers, waterproof submarines (what?)… and those are some of the more normal notions for USB drives out there. This one? Is shaped like a syringe. Why? Why not?

Brando, kings of the odd gadgets and weird flash…

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April 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: computing just plain fun

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

pac-man pain assessment chart: maybe you’d feel better if you ate some cherries and pretzels?

pac_man_pain_gauge

Pac-Man pain assessment gauge, spotted on Flickr. Currently, I feel a little Woopop myself.

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February 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: quickpix retro video games

heartbeat led watch performs cpr on itself

heartbeat_led_watch

This funky modern watch out of Japan tells time not with hands or numbers, but with a tiny little electrocardiogram machine that sits on your wrist.

OK, the EIN Cyber Heartbeat LED watch doesn’t actually tell you if your heart is still beating, but its LED graphical display is styled to look like a mini…

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January 15th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design technology timepieces