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Canadian Surgeons Perform Telerobotic Surgery

Posted by chrisd on from the brave-patients-chart-the-course dept.

AndroidCat writes "While the equipment used isn't new, this operation was different because one of surgeons was 400km away. Dr. Mehran Anvari in Hamilton Ontario tele-operated instruments in North Bay General Hospital, supervised by Dr. Craig McKinley on site. The link was over a high priority routed Bell Canada connection. The patient, Ms. Fortier is doing quite well. Don't try this from home with a dialup connection."

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  1. On the table . . . by DrMrLordX · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you don't like the guy under the knife, you could try to kill him with a DoS attack. Then you would be a true haxx0r. Or, even better, hack into the operation equipment . . . oh, the possibilities.

    Mod trolls up! Mod flamers up! Mod complete fools up! Mod up goatse ASCII art!