TED Talk: Suspended animation is within our grasp

Posted by on March 17th, 2010 in bio-hacking, medical

The TED Talk that blew everyone away this year; not only have they figured out how to induce a form of suspended animation in humans, it’s already in clinical trials!

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thanks for the tip-off Rusty!

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4 Responses to “TED Talk: Suspended animation is within our grasp”

  1. Echoes _ | THIS MessaGE is being BroAdCAST on all wIRELESS FREQUENCIES_ - April 8th, 2010 at 1:36 am

    [...] TED Talk: Suspended animation is within our grasp [...]

  2. Zellain - April 14th, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    This is amazing, thanks for sharing.

  3. TED.com Video // Suspended Animation Human Trials | Zellain - April 16th, 2010 at 9:13 am

    [...] This is why I love science. Scientists have discovered a way to use a toxic chemical (which is also found in our very own brains), extreme cold and lack of oxygen to put mammals (including humans as they are starting human trials) into a state of suspended animation. The state where you appear dead, but are in fact alive. They’re looking into being able to use this discovery for people who have been injured very badly in order to buy their bodies enough time to make it to the hospital where they can be saved. Very interesting video. (via grinding.be) [...]

  4. charles - April 19th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    old news… and this guy isn’t very charismatic. and i wonder how much of this is actually true, and not just him drumming up support for his startup. so much of ‘science’ these days is based upon hope, not unbiased fact.

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