Memory foam https://refractor.io/tag/memory-foam/ Memory foam en-AU Sat, 17 Oct 2015 02:52:24 GMT Scientists create a pumping artificial heart – using foam https://refractor.io/medical-devices/scientists-create-a-pumping-artificial-heart-using-foam/ The poroelastic silicone foam model heart

Perhaps you sleep on a memory foam mattress. Well, in the future, a similar material could be used to create artificial body parts. Researchers at Cornell University recently used their new "elastomer foam" to build a functioning fluid pump that looks and works like a human heart.

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