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Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next

Posted by samzenpus on from the fattening-up-on-brains dept.

ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."

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  1. Long Duration Space Flight by Usually+Unlucky+ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Couldn't this be tweaked and used as a method of hibernation to stave off boredom and conserve supplies for long duration space flight?

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