WWII – Russians use explosive dogs
Posted: December 9th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, Animal-Human-Relationships, Animals | No Comments »1943 Russians Use Explosive Dogs
CBS report on regenerative medicine
Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, Artificial Bodies, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Living tissue, Pig bladder, Regeneration, Regenerative medicine | No Comments »“Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body’s own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results.”
via http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/22/sunday/main3960219.shtml
Powdered pig extract helps regrow body parts
Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, Animals, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Living tissue, Recipes and magic formulas, Regeneration | No Comments »
"How to regrow a severed finger" via www.dailymail.co.uk
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/cells-tissues/extracellular-matrix.htm
http://gizmodo.com/372617/pig-bladder-powder-regrows-fingers
http://inventorspot.com/articles/pig_bladder_regrows_human_finger_scientists_cry_foul_13651
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7379745.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7354279.stm
Telephone by Philipp Reis
Posted: October 1st, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, General | No Comments »
Inflatable armbands made from pig’s bladder
Posted: October 1st, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, General, Inspiration | No Comments »
"Neapolitanische Kinder beim Baden" (1879, 17 x 41 cm) by John Singer Sargent
A painting from 1879 showing children taking a bath in the ocean – one is wearing inflatable armbands made from pig’s bladder…
Seen in “art” – Das Kunstmagazin, August 2010, p. 106
The picture triggered several lines of thoughts:
– animals being used as materials for human fun/luxury/everyday objects
– natural/ecological materials vs. artificial materials (plastic)
Actually the material (pig bladder) is very interesting in itself. It was used for various purposed in earlier days…
– filled with air as a balloon
– as a membrane, like for example as a drumhead or as an airtight membrane inside a football
– in traditional cuisines
– as a container / packaging for transport (liquids, cheese, important documents)
Nowadays:
– extracellular matrix products for medical technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_bladder
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnblase