Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a device that can isolate blood flow to the brain, keeping the organ alive and functioning independent from the rest of the body for several hours.
  • Capt. Wolf
    30•1 year ago

    “We managed to hook it up to a speech translator too, but all it would do was scream. So we unplugged it.”

    • @RGB3x3English
      4•1 year ago

      Yeah, it would be absolutely horrifying to be a brain with no external senses.

      It’s impossible to even imagine what that would be like. Would you still “feel” a body? Would there be phantom pains? Would you just be going through a dream-like state or would you be completely blank except for your thoughts?

      Horrifying.

      • @[email protected]
        2•1 year ago

        I’d imagine that since our brains have to interpret all information (not just the sensory we are conscious of, but also incoming “status updates” from all of our anatomical systems) that it would be so confused with the lack of information it would be too over/underwhelmed to spare the energy for organized conscious thought.

  • @BloodSlut
    16•1 year ago

    ah, sweet manmade horrors beyond my comprehension

  • @Alivrah
    13•1 year ago

    Amazing. Fucking scary but also kinda of amazing. But fucking scary

  • @Tronn4English
    12•1 year ago

    Bring on the Futurama decapitated heads baby!

  • @Rooty
    8•1 year ago

    I encourage everyone to keep knee jerk reactions at bay and RTFA. This could help us learn a lot about interactions between the brain and the rest of the body

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    did any of you guys read this article? This is just about the blood, not the nerves. Basically to assist with research about what different concentrations of blood nutrients do.

  • @Alivrah
    1•1 year ago

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  • Onii-Chan
    1•1 year ago

    Why, you could be hooked up to this device right now. Yes, you.