You ever come across an article that for about a half second seems reasonable, but then you find yourself HUH? WTF?! Well here is one of those moments, for me at least.
Using a centrifuge to aide in childbirth. Wait! It gets better! Someone thought this one through. I guess in the same way you would "think through" running over old ladies....1 get in car 2 start car 3 & 4 drive around and look for old ladies and so on...
So.... from the article....
- Seen here is an unusual example of excess G's being harnessed for the good. The patent holders, George B. and Charlotte Blonsky, contend that the centrifuge could be a boon to "more civilized women," who, they surmise, often lack the muscle strength needed to easily push out a baby.
Oh and you have to love what the article calls an elasticized "pocket-shaped newborn net"
Is that like the net that catches a plane when it misses the restraining cables? It would also explain where the doctor or midwife (baseball catcher) would be positioned....
It has got to be an example of just not thinking this through. I mean we are not just talking about a baby here....am I right in wondering about a placenta under high G acceleration? I mean, do we even want to go there?
It's little tidbits like this that makes one certain that at some point that you have stepped over to an alternative universe....huh?
Boing Boing article centrifuge patent
