"This Whole Thing Just Starts Beating...."

[Jessica Hook]

Just got this link from my co-worker Aaron... and was FLOORED, the hairs on my neck stood up! My mind is still spinning, you have to see it to believe it....

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2007/10/body_builders

[Prometheus|ANJ]

Couldn't get the video to load, but maybe this is the same video?

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[moopuff]

That's insane. So, what happens if they rebuild a brain?

[S.C. Watson]

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Body Shoppe."

Parts is parts.

Reminds me a lot of Larry Niven's "Jigsaw Man."

~Oreg.

[Edit]Wait... I've got an HP printer...:needle:

[Brendan N]

wow ... that is pretty damn amazing... thanks for sharing Jess
ima print me some reference material now!

[Carnifex]

okay....wow.

one extra set of arms for me please!

[Meli Hitchcock]

O.o Wow, that's pretty amazing! :D

[Jessica Hook]

Couldn't get the video to load, but maybe this is the same video?

Yes, that's the same video :)

[m@.]

Thanks for sharing! crazy .
And yes Prom, it's the same video.

[egerie]

The thing that spooked me the most is the "thing starts beating". Can you imagine that IF science keeps on grinding the way it is now (given we don't fall into another dark ages blitz), what we'll be able to do then? omfg

[e-beef]

Jess! I totally saw that video last night and was equally amazed. I can't believe that this sort of advancement isn't more widely recognized! Imagine the possibilities.. oh, you need a liver, just wait a few hours and i'll go ahead print one for you.

[Jason Manley]

it's only a matter of time before the sex toys go into production.


I so did not just say that...

[Ellingsworth]

Damn, that is pretty amazing. I wonder if in the future they will have drive-through places, where you can order back up body parts. That would be weird.

I guarantee you Aubrey de Grey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey), is rolling around on the fucking floor in excitement.

Do You Want to Live Forever? - Aubrey de Grey (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3329065877451441972&q=do+you+want+to+live+forever&total=534&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)

According to Aubrey, if you can regrow the body parts of someone living, there is a way to replace them, to keep them alive for thousands of years. Pretty cool video.

[e-beef]

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/?gclid=COD2wsPMpY8CFRFjYAodhxtcOA

if you're interested in this sort of thing you should also check out Radio Lab's bi-monthly podcast. there's an episode titled "Mortality" that relates directly to this vid.

[magicgoo]

I can't even believe they PRINTED a 2 chamber heart on an HP! WTF!!!?? CMYK body parts! No way!!!

[s.ketch]

now when can print anatomy studies

[kev ferrara]

Oh, yeah... The biotech revolution is going to be like rock n roll and the rennaissance all wrapped in one.

It sounds like sci-fi but every day there's some new breakthrough, from sirtuin activators to de-differentiating adult stem cells to enzymes that dissolve scar tissue to regrowing nerve cells, anti-oxidants that dissolve amyloid plaque, the cultivation of tendon transplants outside the body... and on and on.

Science is a major cause of hope.

kev

[Joshua Fountain]

This reminds me of the book "A Gift From Earth" by Larry Niven.

Crazy stuff about trying to live for inordinate amounts of time in that book.

[Maestro Andres]

Just wanted to say... WOW!!
Unbelievable and amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Boolean]

"Watcha doing?"
"Printing a new heart"
"Oh make me one too while its on"

[corky13]

wow o,O this is scary yet so inspiring...mankinds selfmade evolution <,<

[eskanto]

"Watcha doing?"
"Printing a new heart"
"Oh make me one too while its on"

its funny, i just had surgery and just got out of the hospital and i'm staring at my printer thinking i could have avoided all the bother and pressed the on switch on my hewlett packard!!!!! :)

[o00o0o0o0o0o]

zomg, it's the crazy crazies!