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- cptpike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Awesome tutorial for space vampires.
- geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8That's about the same depth as a not-so-bad cat scratch (3/10ths to 1/2 a centimeter, or roughly 1/10th to 2/5ths an inch deep), and we're talking about an ear, not a toe or finger or arm. It shouldn't hurt at all. (I'd be willing to bet an ear piercing hurts more, and from my girlfriend's mouth, "it doesn't hurt at all").
However, I wonder how well this technology would work here on Earth; diabetics have to check their blood sugar often and it usually requires a poke in the finger of about the same depth as this, though it tends to be quite a bit more painful due to the finger's being full of nerves.. It could also be used to do rapid testing in a hospital situation if it works on Earth (which to be honest, I just don't know). - RyanXP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Safest way to 'bleed' an astronaut is from 30 feet away.
They're crafty little bastards, best to stay out of close range I'm told. - mv10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This is most random frontpage digg, ever... How to Bleed an Astronaut??
- Elsan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One more step to big trips in space!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3space leaches
- captaindan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ever had your arterial blood gas tested? If they do it from the arteries in your wrist, it's about 1 cm deep. Hurts less than getting blood taken from the crook of your elbow though.
- vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hopefully the Chinese are reading this article, since America with it's all thumb's NASA engineers and Dilbert-like managers, and a government with it's head so far up it's ass has zero chance of ever regaining the lead in human Space exploration.
- sc0ticus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My mother is diabetic and has to draw her blood sugar levels twice a day. The difficult with earlobes is that you only have two of them. Since a diabetic needs to draw blood so often, the lobes would quickly become marked up and sensitive from the daily poking.
Plus, arterial blood isn't necessary to measure blood sugar. - EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sorry, all new astronauts need a perminent shunt put in an artery for instant blood tests.
- sc0ticus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow, this is a really cool application of medical technology. I don't have a medical background and I never really see the benefit of the abstract medical inventions and studies I typically hear about. So it's nice to see something that I can understand its benefit without requiring a medical degree. (Of course I'm not shunning the complex inventions, it's just a nice change of pace, that's all)
Hooray science! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What about the Space Werewolves? The Moon and the Sun are out all the time!
- captaindan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Plus, arterial blood isn't necessary to measure blood sugar."
I know, I was responding to the comment that 2-5 mm deep would hurt, when in fact depth doesn't have much to do with it. You might also note that the very first sentence in the article begins, "Taking blood from arteries..." ;-) - pmcall221, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is anyone else seeing the article with black text on black background?
- ChileanGoD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I want to get into one of those ZERO G planes. (Look at the video)
- rastan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Damn that's funny. I salute you, sir!
- cataphoresis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Drawing arterial blood is mainly just used for getting the arterial blood gases (CO2, O2, etc) - I would be far more interested in venipuncture, since that's what we use in blood tests 90% of the time anyway.
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I am not.
- Thezeppelin62, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1cooool
- incognegro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cool video, anyone know the song being played in it?
- cryonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have 1 inch holes in my ears. im sure many other people have larger holes. its something many people dont find to be painfull. if youve never had your ears pierced, you may think its going to be painfull but its usually not. but i agree with repeated use it could become more painfull. maybe have about 4 uses, front and back of both ears?
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that was bloody.
- jamba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Between 2 and 5 millimeters deep. "Virtually painless"? Ow!
- SickAndDying, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I know what you mean half the scientific breakthroughs i hear about i dont even understand
- analogAI, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I take it that a right uppercut to the jaw isn't going to do it?
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