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)