[imagesource: X/Hashem Al-Ghaili]
Someone once said Black Mirror It was a documentary, not fiction. All the advances in AI If you haven't been convinced yet, this strange AI medical technology will definitely help.
BrainBridge, a neuroscience and biomedical engineering startup, has unveiled the world's first revolutionary whole head implant system.
Yes, in the not too distant future, humanity will have a whole new head.
Powered by artificial intelligence, the system uses robotics to replace disabled human heads with the functioning bodies of brain-dead patients.
Of course, The world is full of ambitious and seemingly impossible ideas.The project is also being led by UAE-based scientists.
Hashem Al Ghaily from Dubai shared a futuristic yet mind-blowing video of a robotic head transplant operation, assuring that the patient's cognitive abilities, memory and consciousness would remain intact after receiving their new body.
Brainbridge says the system could give a new lease of life to patients suffering from untreatable conditions such as terminal cancer, paralysis, and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It could also make face transplants possible for those willing to go to such lengths to look younger and more youthful.
With robotics at the helm, BrainBridge claims it ensures smoother results and faster recovery. The company also claims in its video that the high-speed robotic system eliminates human error and prevents brain cell deterioration.
This video is so insane it's already driving viewers crazy.
I really recommend taking the 8 minutes to watch the video all the way through. It's a great way to take charge of how you think about your body.
To be sure, given the complexity of attaching a new head and brain to a different spinal cord, esophagus, trachea, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, the potential for error would still be quite high.
My doctors can't even comprehend the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, much less the idea of attaching an entire head, including all its vital nerves, to an entirely different body.
Plus there are the social, emotional and psychological concerns of suddenly having to deal with a whole new face and body while your brain is trying to adapt to a new system. Then think about the ethics and costs. Nah, this is too much.
“Our technology will open the door to life-saving treatments that were unimaginable just a few years ago,” Al Ghaily told SWNS in an interview with the New York Post, adding that the project would eventually expand to spinal cord reconstruction and full-body transplants.
Well, good luck finding your Frankenstein. Some things are better left in the imagination.
[source:mashable]
