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Solar Surgery
Chris writes "Scientists in Israel have developed a device based on a concave dish that intensifies sunlight by a factor of 15,000. By focusing this light into an optical fiber and delivering it to an operating theatre, the team says its solar-surgery setup promises to be a low-cost alternative to laser surgery." Everyone who used to operate on GI Joe figures with a magnifying glass is cheering for this to be commercially successful.
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Now I only have to hope my surgery doesn't get rained out.
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"That's Homer Simpson sir. One of your drones from secotr 7G."
Middle of surgery a cloud rolls in front of sun.
Doctor:Oh shit!
Nurse:Doctor, it looks like we won't have sunlight for another 20 mintues.
Patient:Can I get some more anestesia then?
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
Since operations now can only take place on sunny days, surgeons won't be able to golf as much.
if you live anywhere but Seattle.
When do we get to see the real-world equivalent of that?
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This is a great invention for Vegans...all their cooking must be done in the sun. Now they have a natural alternative to pollution-spewing lasers.
Maybe now I can finally get that extra-dark tan I want.
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then get your ass kicked by the power puff girls...
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All you need is a good size, unexpected, solar flare during an operation and 6 hours later the surgeons will be trying to explain to you why you now have a second rectum! :)
You smell something burning?.......
Ripping an new rectum in the fabric of spacetime.
Hibbert: This is such a beautiful day, I don't know why we don't operate outside more often.
[Tennis ball falls from sky into open wound, ECG flatlines]
Hibbert: Time of death.. 10:15.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
In a relatively undeveloped country, however, this might make a lot of sense! It could give new options to doctors who simply couldn't count on a laser-based setup to function reliably, or couldn't afford it to begin with.
Yes, like Palestine. The Israeli government could get PR points by making the technology available in the West Bank and Gaza.
Of course, then they'd setup military checkpoints and not allow Palestinians access to it. Then they'd start bulldozing hospitals with the excuse that they housed military laser technology.
Bush won't approve of the whole thing because it has something to do with solar technology. Long discussions with his advisors will then be required to explain to him why we can't just drill in national parks and focus petroleum for surgery.
Don't blame me, I get all my opinions from my Ouija board.
You could get skin cancer while having skin cancer removed.
"Derp de derp."
This just in. Device prototype stolen by lone assassin who charges $1 million her hit. British secret service sending their top agent to retrieve.