Or at least your heart could.
We all heard of the stories of The Fountain of Youth and the countless quests of finding them, afterall, it is man's ultimate dream, become an immortal. Now although this invention isn't a fountain and it's still a long way off from making you immortal, researchers at the University of Washington has taken mankind a step closer into, maybe, just maybe, realizing such dream someday. The device as shown in the video has kept a rabbit's heart alive and beating perfectly.. Big deal. Outside, without the rest of the rabbit.
Give or take 15 years, we could have this device out for people's use, allowing our hearts to beat virtually forever. Or at least as long as the battery does not run out.. or the chips burn out.. or the tiny cables snap. Pfft. Minor details. All in all, I would still prefer this than become an immortal by being bit by a sparkling vampire.
Keep going for the video.
Unlike existing pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that are one-size-fits-all, the new device is a thin, elastic membrane designed to stretch over the heart like a custom-made glove.
This video shows a rabbit heart that has been kept beating outside of the body in a nutrient and oxygen-rich solution. The new cardiac device -- a thin, stretchable membrane imprinted with a spider-web-like network of sensors and electrodes -- is custom-designed to fit over the heart and contract and expand with it as it beats. Credit: University of Illinois and Washington University.
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