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Cool New Ideas to Save Brains

Posted by michael on from the don't-forget-your-hat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An estimated 700,000 Americans suffer strokes each year. Researchers are looking for ways to cool the head of a stroke victim while keeping the rest of the body at normal temperature; they've developed a nifty cool helmet to accomplish this. Cooling the brain essentially puts the brain in 'pause' mode, giving doctors time before damage from oxygen starvation occurs. This is similar to the way in which near-drowning victims do much better if they are in freezing water rather than in warmer water."

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  1. All that.... by p4ul13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    All that life saving goodness AND style as well. Way to go!!

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  2. Looks like... by mbstone · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just a water-cooled tinfoil hat.

  3. Igor by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    At last, another job for Igor:

    "what do you want me to do, Master"

    "Find brains, and save them. There is a large quantity of pickle jars in the room off the laboratory".

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    1. Re:Igor by pipingguy · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Find brains, and save them. There is a large quantity of pickle jars in the room off the laboratory".

      Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein: Igor, would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?
      Igor: And you won't be angry?
      Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
      Igor: Abby someone.
      Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein: Abby someone. Abby who?
      Igor: Abby Normal.
      Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein: Abby Normal?
      Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.
      Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein: Do you mean to tell me that I put an abnormal brain into an, 8 foot tall, 300 pound, GORILLA?!!!

  4. But... by El · · Score: 4, Funny

    doesn't this give the victim a serious "ice cream headache"?

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  5. brain freeze by yetanothertechie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Couldn't they accomplish the same thing just by having the patient dring a cold drink really fast?

    I know this is a serious subject, but I couldn't resist ;-)

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  6. top 10 existing ways to save brains by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    10. Pinky will figure something out.
    9. pkzip -a cerefilum.zip *brain*.*
    8. "The tribe has spoken.." [CLICK!]
    7. Saran wrap.
    6. Solve the Poincare Conjecture. Nahhh, no one will ever do that
    5. Tinfoil helmets. They're cheap, and I don't know a single person wearing one who received control messages from the Bildeburgers.
    4. Serve brains?. Oh, sorry, misunderstood.
    3. Tweak the DMCA to make it an instant capital offense to write or read fanfic of any kind.
    2. "Turn that radio away from Rush Limbaugh!"
    1. Buy all the syndication rights for "Gilligans Island" and sit on them.

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  7. prior art by Glog · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is prior art for this: the bondage beast from "Pulp Fiction".

  8. Head cooling by Pentagram · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose I should make some joke about overclocking but frankly it seems like too much work.

  9. Uh huh by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suddenly, Nixon's head attacking Fry crosses the line from mildly amusing to holy shit that could really happen!

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  10. Prior art. by E_elven · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sergeant Detritus, your helmet?

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