June 29, 2005
Zombie dogs!
The unbelievable dog news of the day, if you haven't heard already, is that scientists have resuscitated dead dogs in a grisly cryogenic procedure which they plan to use on battleground soldiers. From news.com.au:
During the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death.
Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved.
Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies, giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.
So I started Googling for photos of these resuscitated dogs, and found some incredible zombie dog images created by computer game designer Toby Marvin (see graphic in this post). His website also has flattened-out images of the pieces of texture from which the CGI dogs were assembled - they look like flayed pieces of skin. Don't miss this grisly demonstration of technology!
LINK: [news.com.au]
LINK: [sneakmedia.com]
posted by miranda at 08:57 PM