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The Amazing Story Of The Woman Who Had To Be Upside Down To Stay Alive
Discover Magazine has an amazing story about how a woman needed to be carried upside down in order to stay alive. It sounds crazy, but it’s real. The reason she had to be held upside down was because her pacemaker had disconnected from her heart.
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Your Heartbeat Could Be Your Password
A technology in the works might soon allow you to unlock your hard drive by simply touching your keyboard. Your unique heartbeat, emitted through your fingertip, would be your password.
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An Electronic Sensor Could Smell The Stench Of Heart Disease
Go ahead and add heart disease to the never ending list of ailments that can be detected by a non-human nose, German researchers have created a sensor that can smell heart disease.
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The World’s Oldest Artificial Heart
In honour of Valentine’s Day, Gizmodo presents you with the Liotta-Cooley heart, the world’s first totally artificial blood pumper.