World's first head transplant system has been unveiled

[MrDawn]

I don't know how I feel about this. What are your thoughts?

Neuroscience and biomedical engineering start-up BrainBridge revealed its sci-fi concept in an eight-minute long video – complete with horrifying sound effects.

In the CGI demo, the entirely robotic system simultaneously removes the heads of the donor and recipient bodies before swapping one onto the other via a grisly conveyor belt.

There isn’t a human in sight (apart from the patients) as robotic arms and a vast array of lasers get to work, using artificial intelligence (AI) to lead the outrageously complex – and as yet purely theoretical – operation.

BrainBridge says the system would offer new hope to patients suffering from untreatable conditions such as terminal cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and paralysis.

However, one of several major obstacles to overcome is medicine’s inability – so far – to adequately repair nerve and spinal cord damage. Without this, any head transplant recipient would themselves be paralysed from the neck down

World's first head transplant system revealed

Beware if you're squeamish.

metro.co.uk

 

[Dead2009]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you removed the head of someone....isn't that instant death? How in the hell are they going to keep the body alive.

 

[MrDawn]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you removed the head of someone....isn't that instant death? How in the hell are they going to keep the body alive.

Same. I don't see how they're going to do it without killing someone....