Daniel Timms built the first model for an artificial heart using pipes from hardware giant Bunnings. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO

It might look like it comes out of a 1974 Datsun, but a revolutionary artificial heart with the potential to save thousands of lives would still be a pipe dream without government investment.

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Daniel Timms, the man who built the first model for the artificial heart using pipes from Bunnings, wants properly funded medical research and pioneering trials and technology kept in Australia.

A Texan businessman known as "Mattress Mack" gave the financial leverage to ge

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