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Living Without a Pulse

Posted by michael on from the cold-blooded dept.

SteamyMobile writes "Can you live without a pulse? Yes, now you can. The reason why we have a pulse is because it's hard for evolution to result in turbines or continuously spinning things. The next generation of artificial hearts may have no pulse. They also have no bearings, so they should last much longer than previous attempts. In fact, engineers don't give a predicted lifespan on these models. How would your life be different without a pulse?"

6 of 759 comments (clear)

  1. I may not have a pulse... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But I do have first post.

  2. what does it mean to be human? by circletimessquare · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what does it mean to be alive?

    technology has already redfined this to some extent

    this is yet another step

    the future will be a very alien place to you and i

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  3. FRIST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gnaa owns u

  4. re: Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Zing!

  5. http://www.mchawking.com/ by rokzy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck The Creationists
    Trash Talk
    Ah yeah, here we go again!
    Damn! This is some funky shit that I be laying down on your ass.
    This one goes out to all my homey's working in the field of
    evolutionary science.
    Check it!

    Verse 1
    Fuck the damn creationists, those bunch of dumb-ass bitches,
    every time I think of them my trigger finger itches.
    They want to have their bullshit, taught in public class,
    Stephen J. Gould should put his foot right up their ass.
    Noah and his ark, Adam and his Eve,
    straight up fairy stories even children don't believe.
    I'm not saying there's no god, that's not for me to say,
    all I'm saying is the Earth was not made in a day.

    Chorus
    Fuck, fuck, fuck,
    fuck the Creationists.

    Trash Talk
    Break it down.
    Ah damn, this is a funky jam!
    I'm about ready to kick this bitch back in.
    Check it.

    Verse 2
    Fuck the damn creationists I say it with authority,
    because kicking their punk asses be me paramount priority.
    Them wack-ass bitches say, "evolution's just a theory",
    they best step off, them brainless fools, I'll give them cause to fear me.
    The cosmos is expanding every second, every day,
    but their minds are shrinking as they close their eyes and pray.
    They call their bullshit science like the word could give them cred,
    if them bitches be scientists then cap me in the head.

    Chorus

    Trash Talk
    Bass!
    Bring that shit in!
    Ah yeah, that's right, fuck them all motherfuckers.
    Fucking punk ass creationists trying to set scientific thought back 400 years.
    Fuck that!
    If them superstitious motherfuckers want to have that kind of party,
    I'm going to put my dick in the mashed potatoes.
    Fucking creationists.
    Fuck them.

  6. To whomever modded parent "Troll": by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks a lot. Y'know that really warm and friendly feeling that you get when someone flips you off in traffic because your car looks like the one that cut them off a few miles back? Well that's what you just did. Thanks, and I hope you have a nice day. Heck, go ahead and have a nice weekend.

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