[ExI] Jarheads

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Ben <bbenzai at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Let's take the idea a bit further:  Instead of a head in a jar, why not a
> brain in a 'jar' or rather a sealed, armoured container with connections to
> the cardiovascular, lymphatic and nervous networks, housed in a robotic
> body that also contains the life-support biological parts, sense organs, a
> set of control systems, and a bunch of new organs to replace the ancillary
> functions of the original parts that have been eliminated (eg. bone doesn't
> just support your weight, it also acts as a reservior of calcium and
> phosphorus, lungs play a part in blood-pressure regulation, etc.)
>

There's little question that that's possible.  The question is, take the
aesthetic from Futurama: a head, plus artificial organs doing all life
support functions within that little disc at the bottom (and possibly fluid
within the jar).  Is that possible, and what all would need to be done
within that disc?  (With, as mentioned, manipulators and propulsion
attached to the disc to let the head interact with the world, connected to
the sensor & motor cortices through the brainstem.)
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