The Future of Death: Inside the Machine That Dissolves Corpses | WIRED Originals

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  • @kuhenelan
    @kuhenelan 7 років тому +105

    Honestly I don't know why more people don't opt for cremation or some form of disposal like this. I mean all those cemetries take up a lot of space for people whom are no longer alive.

    • @mohammadhijazi4498
      @mohammadhijazi4498 7 років тому +12

      Kukendran K. I plan on doing what my Grandfather did.
      An unmarked grave in the back yard with a tree growing from it
      The US and i assume you're from the US has an excess of land so getting buried isn't an issue. The issue is that people wanna be buried near where they lived

    • @macnerd93
      @macnerd93 7 років тому +13

      I have a family grave site in my local cemetery going back to the early 1900s. A lot of my family members are buried in it. Its where I'l lend up one day. I prefer burial rather than cremation. For me it's where people who cared about you can go and visit.

    • @IcelanderUSer
      @IcelanderUSer 6 років тому +14

      The problem with cremation is that every ounce of carbon in the body goes up into the atmosphere as co2. Why do that when you can let the ground absorb the carbon.

    • @ChaserTree
      @ChaserTree 6 років тому +3

      cremation is the worst thing you can do to someone
      especially someone you love
      you dont even know the torment this causes the soul- you after it leaves the body
      look up near death experiences youre fully alive and aware
      and they take your body and destroy it to dust god forbid

    • @ChaserTree
      @ChaserTree 6 років тому +2

      Samantha Christensen the bodies of righteous people does not decay.
      you are a soul within the body. you are fully conscious after death and do not vanish. (watch near death experiences...I saw the one of alon anavah) the sages teach its painful for the soul to see the body be destroyed. also righteous will be brought back to life their bodies will be restored to their prime youthfulness and strength.

  • @m3redgt
    @m3redgt 6 років тому +71

    so if you buy calciumphospate powder from UCLA you know where it comes from

    • @Jessie_Purple
      @Jessie_Purple 5 років тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @hyy3657
      @hyy3657 Місяць тому

      some how we all came from nature

  • @TheWildheartmuse
    @TheWildheartmuse 3 роки тому +24

    We have this option here in Maine now. Just used it for a family member who was a sailor who loved the ocean. Perfect way to honor his spirit.

    • @Blarnix
      @Blarnix Рік тому

      I feel like that and spreading their ashes along Bar Harbor or Cape Elizabeth is the proper Maine send off.

  • @jenniferholden9397
    @jenniferholden9397 5 років тому +18

    When I'm dead my kids want to cremate me in a cardboard box, divide my ashes between them and do with them what makes them feel most comfortable. I'm dead, it's about them not me. "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die".

    • @paulbroderick8438
      @paulbroderick8438 5 років тому

      My relatives have a long history of being cremated and I wish for the same via a simple cremation. No formaldehyde or holes in the ground, the flames shall have me!!

    • @bryangarrison9447
      @bryangarrison9447 4 роки тому

      @@paulbroderick8438 Formaldehyde ?

    • @backflipnicksing2983
      @backflipnicksing2983 9 місяців тому

      Then maybe you should give your kids access to dissect your body and learn human anatomy maybe they can get away with your adrenal gland and have some fun! Maybe your kids can learn extraction of DMT from your human brain !

  • @BettyTheLion
    @BettyTheLion Рік тому +1

    "The fluid goes over to the accumulation tank." --- And then what do you do with that fluid?

  • @rhiannax5149
    @rhiannax5149 7 років тому +28

    This is no more strange than normal cremation

  • @thatswhatshesaid.literally737
    @thatswhatshesaid.literally737 6 років тому +61

    🤔 *Calcium phosphate... So basically we're nothing but egg shells.* 🐣

  • @VioletSkye19
    @VioletSkye19 4 роки тому +7

    I worked in surgical supplies for 20yrs & I swear this looks like the love child of an autoclave (sterilizer) and an H20 machine (washer & dryer) and I never thought I’d want to jump in either one, but hey if I’m dead then ...😇

  • @WOTArtyNoobs
    @WOTArtyNoobs 3 роки тому +13

    What I like about this process is that it's sterile and can handle hazardous contaminated bodies. One of the biggest problems for hospitals during the current pandemic was that most conventional crematoriums could not handle infected bodies because it needed sterilization of the equipment so that the staff did not become infected in turn. Whereas the alkaline hydrolysis process is totally sterile and the only equipment that needs to be cleaned after use is the gurney on which the cadaver was transported.

  • @nomebear
    @nomebear 6 років тому +6

    I live close to a very old cemetery and enjoy my walks through the park. A new component to the cemetery are the cremated remains, and area that makes much more sense.

  • @GaiasRebirth
    @GaiasRebirth 2 роки тому +1

    So when we get soilent green? Its just a matter of time...

  • @hummingbird2230
    @hummingbird2230 4 роки тому +5

    I hope all states will offer this soon. The way I want to go.

  • @kidkittrell9046
    @kidkittrell9046 5 років тому +6

    Can you imagine having to get inside to clean one of those. Anyone could trap you in and turn the machine on.

    • @PiecesOfJenus
      @PiecesOfJenus 5 років тому

      I was thinking the very same thing!

    • @shawnsimpson970
      @shawnsimpson970 5 років тому

      We are now hiring.....

    • @francinemorris2957
      @francinemorris2957 4 роки тому +1

      That’s why the instruction manual says “clean only when disassembled@💀☠️👻.🌈🦄🙏🏽💟💟💟

  • @charlym1645
    @charlym1645 5 років тому +10

    This system is not for a regular crematorium business...3 to 4 hours and wait 4 days for the bones to get dry

  • @wireduk
    @wireduk  7 років тому +4

    Read the full, in-depth feature here: www.wired.co.uk/article/alkaline-hydrolysis-biocremation-resomation-water-cremation-dissolving-bodies

  • @quagmire247
    @quagmire247 3 роки тому +1

    Matter is neither created nor destroyed but simply changes form. How do you dispose the biochemical waste water?

  • @sp-pz8uc
    @sp-pz8uc 6 років тому +52

    You could take that white powder on the streets and ask people if they want to buy some Charlie.

    • @ASmith-jn7kf
      @ASmith-jn7kf 6 років тому +1

      Michael Collier that's very insensitive and not funny.

    • @clarenceboddicker6679
      @clarenceboddicker6679 6 років тому +5

      If the person who's body was dissolved into the white powder name was Charlie, you could offer that powder to drug addicts on the street and ask them if they want some Charlie and you would not be lying.

    • @Bomberninja
      @Bomberninja 4 роки тому +4

      @@ASmith-jn7kf Oh boo hoo its the internet

    • @simonlevene502
      @simonlevene502 3 роки тому

      @@ASmith-jn7kf Oh for heaven's sake, lighten up. Your name isn't Charlie, so what do you care? You're just picking a fight on behalf of people you've never heard of and who couldn't care less about it. As I write this, there are 176 comments: nobody has said "My name is Charles and I am offended by this." Would you have cared if he had offered to sell some horse instead?

  • @RomanVideos1
    @RomanVideos1 5 років тому +3

    So your body tissue is being liquefied ?

  • @pontiacGXPfan
    @pontiacGXPfan 4 роки тому +6

    I first saw this in the remake of Superfly where Alberto was thrown in it and came out as a jar of black goo

    • @blakghost2023
      @blakghost2023 4 роки тому +4

      I just saw Superfly 2018 for the first time last night. I was like what kind of machine is that. Bugged me out

    • @AkweliParker
      @AkweliParker 3 роки тому +2

      Same. Watching the movie and had to look this up 😂

  • @dheyes803
    @dheyes803 6 років тому +4

    I’ve always advocated for body donation (mainly due to the fact that I am a medical anomaly because of extreme autoimmune illnesses). My remains may lead to part of the path to a cure for people in the future). Burying an easy $10K in a hole in the ground makes no sense to me. Fly my remains to California and cremate me there.

    • @ericfort940
      @ericfort940 Рік тому

      Cremate first, then fly remains to california. Unless things recently changed Hydrolysis is not legal in California.

  • @JasonHauser125
    @JasonHauser125 Рік тому +1

    I need to add this method to my will. Cremation is fine too, but I like this even better.

  • @noquestionspls
    @noquestionspls 3 роки тому +2

    "Just set it and forget it!"

  • @paulhenderson3632
    @paulhenderson3632 5 років тому +2

    I think the ceigo ( think that's how you spell it) is better. It turns the human body into mushrooms..ITS THE MOST ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICE FOR CORPS DISPOSAL

  • @pathowlett4332
    @pathowlett4332 3 роки тому +2

    Exactly how I'd like to go to my reward. Really appreciate living long enough for this technology to arrive.

  • @jackyblue67same10
    @jackyblue67same10 5 років тому +5

    Wonder how much that cost cause that's the way I'd like to go out

    • @julianrafalko313
      @julianrafalko313 4 роки тому +1

      It is free if you donate your body to science.

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick8438 5 років тому +1

    High temperature cremation flames are the most cleansing of all. Best way of all.

  • @robertwalker7924
    @robertwalker7924 Рік тому

    thankyou for that explanation.

  • @hOurworld11
    @hOurworld11 2 роки тому +1

    This is used in FERTILIZER over our food. Along with FECAL Matter & nanotech

  • @julianrafalko313
    @julianrafalko313 4 роки тому +1

    He doesn't mention how much energy alkaline hydrolosis takes.

  • @doreenlopez1652
    @doreenlopez1652 Рік тому +1

    Can you imagine if the Mafia, Cartels or the Clinton's got a hold of one of these machines...😮

  • @cateng767
    @cateng767 5 років тому +2

    He says it's the most environmental cremation- but what about water cremation? or natural decomposition

  • @amesavis
    @amesavis 6 років тому +13

    so what happens to the liquid? the solids? how come we can't just bury people without anything and let the truly natural process biodegrade them? wouldn't that be the most green way?

    • @amesavis
      @amesavis 6 років тому +1

      Indeed, surrender to the ubiquitous bacteria who were here at the beginning of time. I have a hunch that in victorian times with rise of garden cemeteries and frequent family visits, that the collapsing mounds of earth created by the deteriorating bodies and wooden coffins made the ground uneven and unsafe; thus the creation of the metal or concrete vault to preserve the evenness of the ground and the horror that the loved one is actually turned to dirt under your feet. There is an old cemetary near me in the middle of a field and the ground is very odd, full of lots of depressions and in some places a strange crunchy feeling.

    • @sterlingodeaghaidh5086
      @sterlingodeaghaidh5086 6 років тому +1

      The liquids are run down the drain to a waste treatment site or a biohazard unit, the solids are pulverized and either returned to the family or they are interred in a mass grave.

    • @amesavis
      @amesavis 6 років тому

      thank you @@sterlingodeaghaidh5086. now pronounce that last name for me

    • @sterlingodeaghaidh5086
      @sterlingodeaghaidh5086 6 років тому

      amesavis It’s pronounced “O’Day”

    • @IRLWojak
      @IRLWojak 6 років тому

      Haven’t you heard of SOILENT GREEN?

  • @wildturkey5838
    @wildturkey5838 2 роки тому +1

    How much electricity is consumed in making the caustic soda used in the process? Might make a big difference in the "Carbon Footprint" of the process.

    • @mayramanzo1995
      @mayramanzo1995 2 роки тому

      It uses much less energy than a regular cremation machine does. And it doesn't emit all these crazy games into the air.

  • @denisemarie3636
    @denisemarie3636 Рік тому +1

    I saw a few videos on this and one made me sick. They grind the bones up and sell to use as calcium phosphate and from their protein shakes ? There is no way I would do this.

  • @bryangarrison9447
    @bryangarrison9447 4 роки тому +2

    What happens to the Fluid that is Collected?

  • @francinemorris2957
    @francinemorris2957 4 роки тому +3

    I’d imagine those left-over bits could be weird for the family..., I mean like torn between just throwing it away yet feeling like throwing away a piece of your kinfolk🤷🏽‍♀️🌈🦄🙏🏽💟💟💟

  • @brookeburnsb7620
    @brookeburnsb7620 2 роки тому

    I prefer this to cremation and/or burial. I saw Ask A Mortician's video about this a couple years back.

  • @rachelparks2538
    @rachelparks2538 6 років тому +1

    Are the ashes given back to the family and can Calcium Phosphate be sprinkled into a tree, like a Dogwood or Crape Myrtle? Where are the locations in the US?

  • @jalaprabhu314
    @jalaprabhu314 4 роки тому +2

    When you de-link/detach your feelings/emotions that are cultivated through generations's of religious/ethnic beliefs/assumptions you can see clearly how good is this type of disposal.

  • @TraveleronMywayHome
    @TraveleronMywayHome 6 років тому +13

    Is this the level of artificiality that we have reached? Bury me in the ground with nothing else, so that everything I borrowed will be returned.

  • @PatBatemanAtDorsia
    @PatBatemanAtDorsia 7 років тому +2

    the actor Patrick Espirit's doppelganger discovered.

  • @nicolasp1364
    @nicolasp1364 3 роки тому +1

    yet when the aztecs did it they call'd them savaged and cannibals

  • @justbargelle
    @justbargelle Рік тому

    What I don’t like about this is that I heard they now use the powderized corpse to mix with foods such as cool aid juices. How true?

  • @Blarnix
    @Blarnix Рік тому

    Am I sick for wanting to see a time lapse of a see-through one?

  • @coralsuitepeace
    @coralsuitepeace 3 роки тому

    Printing out my cadaver donation form now.......

  • @Mark-lj1dj
    @Mark-lj1dj Рік тому

    I actually requested this in my will if available. Luckily its just been legalised in the UK. I'm so glad that when I die it will cause minimal pollution and not take up precious space in the ground 😊

  • @MrScottChristie
    @MrScottChristie 5 років тому +1

    When can we be cryogenically frozen and then shot and exploded into tiny pieces like in the movie Demolition Man?

    • @miekept243
      @miekept243 4 роки тому +1

      you already can. it's called promession. thank me later

  • @katiesmith661
    @katiesmith661 4 роки тому

    Wonder how well they clean out the grinder thing.

  • @withchza
    @withchza 6 років тому +23

    Superfly brought me here. Poor Adalberto!

  • @gloriaalvarez7725
    @gloriaalvarez7725 2 роки тому

    Hello, what is final COST?For next of kin,(SON).if i decide this to go?

  • @barbaraadams8347
    @barbaraadams8347 2 роки тому

    What is the cost of a water cremation?

  • @julianrafalko313
    @julianrafalko313 4 роки тому

    Not only for people who donate their bodies to science, some mortuaries offer that option.

  • @SmackWaterJack001
    @SmackWaterJack001 3 роки тому

    Where does the fluid in the barrels end up ?

    • @SmackWaterJack001
      @SmackWaterJack001 3 роки тому +1

      @Mirror of Time
      So, into the sewer...
      Thanx for your reply...

    • @SmackWaterJack001
      @SmackWaterJack001 3 роки тому

      @Mirror of Time
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      Check out my playlists on my channel, theres over 6000 full albums and concerts there...
      Im with ya on that, music is great for the mind !!! ✌

    • @SmackWaterJack001
      @SmackWaterJack001 3 роки тому

      @Mirror of Time
      Much appreciated.
      I subbed to your channel as well...🤘

  • @shrubbie1
    @shrubbie1 2 роки тому

    Wow, I can end up as fertilizer for my garden ...neat...🌻

  • @austinbarten7475
    @austinbarten7475 4 роки тому +1

    I like that idea great job on the video

  • @Sparky5
    @Sparky5 2 роки тому

    If it's cheaper, I'm in. If not, well... put me by the curb on Wednesday.

  • @emanemanrus5835
    @emanemanrus5835 6 років тому +2

    not new, ask the Mafia: they usually melt the corpse after a "job"... 😁

  • @2manycatsforadime
    @2manycatsforadime Рік тому

    Pressure cooking them at 300F 67psi but oh well they and soon us are dead.

  • @isav5162
    @isav5162 5 років тому +4

    Well I think the most eco friendly option is a natural burial

  • @vanessajanelcastillo4539
    @vanessajanelcastillo4539 4 роки тому

    What do they do with the ground up bones?

    • @richardhastings6082
      @richardhastings6082 3 роки тому +1

      The same thing you do with cremated remains. Bury, scatter, etc.

  • @dmills13F
    @dmills13F 4 місяці тому

    He completely skipped over the interesting part about how the body is disolved.

  • @perryzheng8372
    @perryzheng8372 4 роки тому

    its better if i were to be left to rot on the streets rather than be dissolved in this monstrosity

  • @cherylchristine4110
    @cherylchristine4110 6 років тому

    does it hurt if ur alive

  • @AltonRowell-gb1lb
    @AltonRowell-gb1lb 6 років тому +4

    Is there a catalytic converter involved? ?.? Is obd2 check done.

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 2 роки тому

    It does not dissolve the bones. They get pulverized at the end just like i. Cremation.

  • @gloriaalvarez7725
    @gloriaalvarez7725 2 роки тому

    I am speaking of myself, my final cost?

  • @johnkosheluk1041
    @johnkosheluk1041 6 років тому

    What happens to the fluid left over does it do down the drain

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 6 років тому +2

      john Kosheluk yes. They put everything into the sewage system and it goes to the treatment plant. So technically everyone has liquefied people in the water that people use for drinking and showering and other things in our lives 😲🤢

  • @pamelahowe1870
    @pamelahowe1870 Рік тому

    Can someone tell me what they do with the remains the powdered bones and the liquid where is it disposed of?
    Please tell me they dig really deep hole in the desert and pour it there far away from the rest of us or like somebody said pour it over family grave stones because that’s already a cemetery

    • @joand3767
      @joand3767 2 місяці тому

      Yep Im watching this today for the first time hearing about it. I'm not seeing any answers about where the liquid goes. Somebody sent me a link using this video with different audio voiceover saying that we're all consuming human meat now, and all the comments were believing that no questions.

  • @backflipnicksing2983
    @backflipnicksing2983 9 місяців тому

    So he's proud that they're not burning up prosthetics and then the doctor starts showing them off like they were scalps from war... The doctors argument for changing the cremation process was they are not burning harmful chemicals now even though they put those harmful things in our body on purpose....? Pet doctor seems so happy that he got his toys back lol

  • @REVNUMANEWBERN
    @REVNUMANEWBERN 3 роки тому

    Can a love one get the bones back WITHOUT them being ground up??

    • @douglasmckinley-sr1507
      @douglasmckinley-sr1507 Рік тому

      Most states require the remains not be recognizable as human remains otherwise anytime the remains get discovered and the origin is not known it would have to be investigated as a potential homicide. Hawaii might be an exception if it is related to historical burial procedures where they bury the bones

  • @rickymyers5219
    @rickymyers5219 5 років тому

    Would it matter Dust though are and dust though shall return am

  • @salemssorrow633
    @salemssorrow633 5 років тому +3

    Here from superfly

  • @kelvendyson1508
    @kelvendyson1508 4 роки тому

    Looked this up after watching the movie Superfly.

  • @MrClaudioAgostini
    @MrClaudioAgostini 7 років тому +4

    just a little macabre...

  • @henkzaanstad2256
    @henkzaanstad2256 2 роки тому

    Geweldig gedaan.. Binnenkort in Holland.. RESOMATION, ,,,,, Dutch.. RESOMATIE,,,,

  • @redmen2822
    @redmen2822 5 років тому

    Just straight up bury me

  • @antoninorex5857
    @antoninorex5857 Рік тому

    So UCLA has this course???

  • @PuffleFuzz
    @PuffleFuzz 4 роки тому

    I’m so doing this.

  • @bstaznkid4lyfe392
    @bstaznkid4lyfe392 4 роки тому

    You can trick someone with that bag of flour I mean ash..

  • @kingderrickdanquah3627
    @kingderrickdanquah3627 4 роки тому +1

    When I Die Bury Me With Honour & Pride A Full Police Motorcade Escort To The Cemetery To Be Buried & Saluted Good Bye

  • @markbrown7766
    @markbrown7766 5 років тому

    No it’s not sky burial is

  • @eternallyconfused8340
    @eternallyconfused8340 2 місяці тому

    ... and then we sell the fluid as Soylent Green 😂

  • @lgaff2378
    @lgaff2378 6 років тому +8

    I don't want to be put in a blender! 😂

    • @emanemanrus5835
      @emanemanrus5835 6 років тому +1

      is this a sort of Mafia or Drug Cartels thing? Don't they melt their rivals' corpses in the acid since a long time?

    • @misssummersalt
      @misssummersalt 6 років тому +3

      Yeah, cause being trapped under ground in a pitch black box or incinerated in an oven is a much better idea...

    • @blacklion1691
      @blacklion1691 6 років тому +3

      @Frank Mgtow 😂😂😂😂 i kno right

  • @demetrio3d239
    @demetrio3d239 4 роки тому

    Fisher and Sons.

  • @jared1804
    @jared1804 Рік тому

    Just have Walter White and Jesse Pinkman take care of the body…..

  • @cherylchristine4110
    @cherylchristine4110 6 років тому

    the liquid is just dead blood and hot liquid

  • @thewolfethatcould8878
    @thewolfethatcould8878 7 років тому

    Geeee....Why would you want "all of the mercury removed out of the person"....?!!!

    • @SaltyD3plorable
      @SaltyD3plorable 6 років тому

      Shawna Wolfe are you being sarcastic?

    • @razrv3lc
      @razrv3lc 6 років тому

      So it doesn't poison the ground? Is this even a serious question?

  • @invictusmaneo464
    @invictusmaneo464 Рік тому

    Já bych si dal radši tu studnu u Starky :D

  • @persistentapparartionkitty5830
    @persistentapparartionkitty5830 3 роки тому

    Looks like a washing machine...

  • @fredeaston3988
    @fredeaston3988 6 років тому

    Potential fertilizer

  • @thegr8keone
    @thegr8keone 4 роки тому +1

    Superfly brought me here

  • @tealblues2723
    @tealblues2723 7 років тому +10

    This dude is enjoying his job too much:(

    • @formerlygavin
      @formerlygavin 6 років тому +10

      So what? He's enjoying his career. Working with bodies doesnt mean you always need to be sad!

  • @henkzaanstad5857
    @henkzaanstad5857 6 років тому

    Resomation.....in Dutch, Resomeren......very good..better than in the Ground of in the fire

  • @EricaYE6
    @EricaYE6 2 роки тому

    You're gonna donate your body to Science?

  • @alibayram7642
    @alibayram7642 4 роки тому

    then McDonald's take the final product and and make mac chicken with it lol

  • @BlueSoulJim
    @BlueSoulJim 5 років тому +2

    Great for people who prefer full body burial over cremation

  • @ricochetstream
    @ricochetstream 3 роки тому

    SuperFly anyone?

  • @JoseDominguez-vb1lz
    @JoseDominguez-vb1lz 6 років тому +1

    So where do you get rid of the toxic liquid that's pumped into the plastic 55 gal drums? I imagine it is still toxic.

    • @markbrown7766
      @markbrown7766 5 років тому

      Jose Dominguez it goes into our water supply

    • @markflint2629
      @markflint2629 3 роки тому

      Not toxic
      Everything is destroyed including DNA 🧬

  • @blackambrosia24kcorporatio73
    @blackambrosia24kcorporatio73 6 років тому

    #GriefAndGratefulness

  • @angelmartin7310
    @angelmartin7310 7 років тому +2

    Humane? Why is that a concern if this is just for already dead bodies?

    • @ASmith-jn7kf
      @ASmith-jn7kf 6 років тому +4

      Angel Martin just because someone is dead doesn't mean they should be mistreated. Are you serious??

    • @razrv3lc
      @razrv3lc 6 років тому +3

      A lot of it is for the family's peace of mind. I would rather think of family members being gently removed by water and chemical reactions than just burned by flames into nothing.