Comments on: Engineer designs his own heart implant http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: urbanhick http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004289 urbanhick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004289 Man, now THAT'S what you call DIY. Well done, Mr. Golesworthy - may your new(fangled) implant see a long lifetime of use! Man, now THAT’S what you call DIY. Well done, Mr. Golesworthy – may your new(fangled) implant see a long lifetime of use!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004823 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004823 Aortic dissection can also be caused by Ehlers-Danlos. I believe that's what Richard Biggs (of B5) had. Aortic dissection can also be caused by Ehlers-Danlos. I believe that’s what Richard Biggs (of B5) had.

]]> By: codesuidae http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1005622 codesuidae Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1005622 I thought it looked like a chili pepper. I thought it looked like a chili pepper.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004862 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004862 In the US, insurance companies would reject his custom-designed valve as "experimental medicine". In the US, insurance companies would reject his custom-designed valve as “experimental medicine”.

]]> By: inness http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004870 inness Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004870 Okay, FINE! I'll just say it: It looks like a dildo! A white, shiny, G-Spot hittin' DILDO! *NOW* can we welcome the onrush of excellent DIY, engineering-type comments? Sheesh. Okay, FINE! I’ll just say it: It looks like a dildo! A white, shiny, G-Spot hittin’ DILDO! *NOW* can we welcome the onrush of excellent DIY, engineering-type comments?
Sheesh.

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004366 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004366 Um... uh... it looks like a... hmmm... I let someone else break the story. Um… uh… it looks like a… hmmm… I let someone else break the story.

]]> By: nbobinchak http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004883 nbobinchak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004883 Look at this awesome banana heart implant. Just look at it. Look at this awesome banana heart implant.

Just look at it.

]]> By: urbanhick http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004910 urbanhick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004910 In the UK, he doesn't need to worry about that. You know - that crazy socialized medicine that's going to destroy the US.... In the UK, he doesn’t need to worry about that. You know – that crazy socialized medicine that’s going to destroy the US….

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004428 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004428 Tony Stark lives. Tony Stark lives.

]]> By: megnesium http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004432 megnesium Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004432 I was on the London Underground this past summer, when I noticed a man having trouble moving his bags. So, as a stereotypical US tourist, I asked if he needed any help. He thanked me kindly and explained that he was an engineer and he was going to be having his second hip replacement soon, but that it had to wait until he finished designing and making it first. Maybe that's just what all British engineers do when faced with a need for prosthetic parts. I was on the London Underground this past summer, when I noticed a man having trouble moving his bags. So, as a stereotypical US tourist, I asked if he needed any help. He thanked me kindly and explained that he was an engineer and he was going to be having his second hip replacement soon, but that it had to wait until he finished designing and making it first. Maybe that’s just what all British engineers do when faced with a need for prosthetic parts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004256 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004256 Obvious comment would be obvious. /best of health to new recipient. Obvious comment would be obvious.

/best of health to new recipient.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/24/engineer-designs-his.html#comment-1004539 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004539 Incidentally, this is the condition John Ritter died of. Incidentally, this is the condition John Ritter died of.

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