jackovesk
23rd September 2011, 07:40
Dead serious? Liquefied bodies the future of burial
Body liquefaction technology a Green alternative to cremation
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/09/23/1226144/616199-bio-cremation-machine.jpg
This heavy duty pressure chamber reportedly produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation: Picture: Courtesy of Bio Cremation
IT sounds like something from the creepy '70s science fiction film Soylent Green - but this latest form of body disposal is a slimy reality.
A Florida-based technology company has invented an eerie alternative to burial or cremation –body liquefaction.
Called “Resomation”, after the Greek word “resoma” meaning “rebirth”, the technology is exactly as creepy as it sounds.
The process works by placing the corpse into a pressure chamber filled with water and potassium hydroxide which is then pressurised and heated to 180C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8CVjxlBtzk&feature=player_embedded
In just under three hours, the stainless steel machine can dissolve an entire corpse, turning everything that isn’t bone into a brown, syrupy liquid which is pumped into the municipal water system.
The remaining bones are then removed and ground into dust using a “cremulator” - the same machine that is used to crush bony remnants after cremation - and returned to the family.
The makers of the chamber claim the process produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation and requires one seventh the energy.
Resomation founder Sandy Sullivan says the technology was developed in response to the public’s increasing environmental concerns.
"It gives them that working third choice, which allows them to express those concerns in a very positive and I think personal way," Mr Sullivan told the BBC.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/body-liquefaction-technology-is-the-new-green-alternative-to-cremation/story-fn5fsgyc-1226144434553
PS - What Next..???
Body liquefaction technology a Green alternative to cremation
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/09/23/1226144/616199-bio-cremation-machine.jpg
This heavy duty pressure chamber reportedly produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation: Picture: Courtesy of Bio Cremation
IT sounds like something from the creepy '70s science fiction film Soylent Green - but this latest form of body disposal is a slimy reality.
A Florida-based technology company has invented an eerie alternative to burial or cremation –body liquefaction.
Called “Resomation”, after the Greek word “resoma” meaning “rebirth”, the technology is exactly as creepy as it sounds.
The process works by placing the corpse into a pressure chamber filled with water and potassium hydroxide which is then pressurised and heated to 180C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8CVjxlBtzk&feature=player_embedded
In just under three hours, the stainless steel machine can dissolve an entire corpse, turning everything that isn’t bone into a brown, syrupy liquid which is pumped into the municipal water system.
The remaining bones are then removed and ground into dust using a “cremulator” - the same machine that is used to crush bony remnants after cremation - and returned to the family.
The makers of the chamber claim the process produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation and requires one seventh the energy.
Resomation founder Sandy Sullivan says the technology was developed in response to the public’s increasing environmental concerns.
"It gives them that working third choice, which allows them to express those concerns in a very positive and I think personal way," Mr Sullivan told the BBC.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/body-liquefaction-technology-is-the-new-green-alternative-to-cremation/story-fn5fsgyc-1226144434553
PS - What Next..???