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Engineer Designs His Own Heart Valve Implant
nametaken writes "In 2000, Tal Golesworthy, a British engineer, was told that he suffers from Marfan syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissue that often causes rupturing of the aorta. The only solution then available was the pairing of a mechanical valve and a highly risky blood thinner. To an engineer like Golesworthy, that just wasn't good enough. So he constructed his own implant that does the job better than the existing solution--and became the first patient to try it."
I knew a conceptual artist who tried the same thing.
I miss him.
Yeah, it's nice when you can really put your heart into something.
As an engineer by training, I find this to be very cool.
I myself suffer from a physical... ahem.. shortcoming.
So, just like this engineer, I designed and constructed a solution using a banana and some duct tape.
My wife loves it!
After reading this article, I am thinking I will go ahead and publicize my invention.
Another yay for engineers!
Tony Stark? Because if so I want to talk to him now about building a few other upgrades for me.
-Ours is the wisdom of Solomon, the magic of Merlyn, the fall of Icaris.
Do it yourself ;-)
I have left slashdot and am now on Soylent News. FUCK YOU DICE.
(Warning: graphic photographs)
I sure hope so; all these ascii photographs around the webs have been driving me nuts.
Reminds me of the greatest Pratchett quote ever:
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
software engineer!
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