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With all the life support technology present within machinery in a typical ICU, one may imagine that life goes on even when the lights are out and the humans are away.  Artist Revital Cohen thinks there’s something to think about when a heart-lung bypass machine, hemodialyzer, infant incubator, ventilator, and an intraoperative cell salvage machine are hooked up in a sort of Rube Goldberg apparatus.

The setup passes water back and forth, oxygenates it, adds and filters minerals from the liquid, and finally ends up looking like someone left a couple eight year olds to play with the equipment in the ICU.

(hat tip: Gizmodo)

In this visually stunning talk from TED 2012 in Long Beach, California, Lucy McRae, a self-proclaimed “body architect”, shows off some of her projects that artistically visualize the possibilities of the human body when it is merged with technology. While much of her work may look simply like bizarre and unique works of art, her projects uniquely showcase the human body, both externally and internally, as the canvas for her creations. For example, in the video below, she briefly describes her collaboration with Philips in designing an electronic tattoo augmented by touch. She also talks about one of her more recent projects, “Swallowable Perfum”, that puts fragrance in a digestible capsule that is activated through perspiration, essentially turning your entire body into an atomizer.

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A loyal reader of ours points us to the beautiful anatomical neon works of Jessica Lloyd-Jones that were created at the Urban Glass art center in Brooklyn, NY.

We really appreciate how the neon gas within the glass really does parallel the functionality of each organ.

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The Hunterian Museum of The Royal College of Surgeons has teamed up with the Medical Artists’ Association of Great Britain to create an art exhibit that brings together sports and medicine.

New artworks were commissioned especially for the show that aims to profile the role that medicine, and particularly surgery, plays for the modern athlete.  If you’re in London anytime between now and the end of September, be sure to stop by.

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Federico Carbajal, an architect based in Montreal, creates beautiful artworks based on human anatomy.

Though he uses galvanized wire, stainless steel and acrylic, his works nevertheless exude the essence of life.

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Anatomical dissection of human bodies may be morbid for some, but there’s unquestionable beauty inside that artists, at least since Leonardo da Vinci, have been exposing for the world to see.

Dr. Frank Scali is a professional dissector, specifically holding a coveted title as one of Gray’s Anatomy dissectors, but he’s also an artist that combines his work and art.

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