BrainBridge, a neuroscience and biomedical engineering startup from the US, has claimed that they are developing the world’s first head transplant system. According to their website, it is “a groundbreaking device that will represent a landmark achievement in the fields of neuroscience, human engineering, and artificial intelligence.”
A video showing how BrainBridge will be doing the head transplant with the help of robots was shared on social media, and it has gone viral. The animated video shows two surgical robots operating on two bodies at the same time. From one body, they remove the head and places it on the other body. The animation further shows how the robots would work on the body if this technology becomes a reality.
As per BrainBridge, this system is a “revolutionary concept for head transplant system, employing cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence to ensure successful head and face transplantation procedures with improved outcomes and faster recoveries.”
Yeah absolutely fucking no way I am letting a start up do surgery on any part of me.
Also I think it’s hilarious that the article put the video in the form of a tweet… Which pulls with it the user context explaining that head transplants are not currently possible hahahah.
If I was going to die anyway, I wouldn’t mind trying, even though I’m 99% sure it wouldn’t work. I guess that’s the target patient.