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Telerobotic Surgery A Reality
Moby Cock writes "Aquanauts on board NASA's NEEMO7 have successfully completed simulated gall bladder surgery with 'coaching' from a surgeon half a continent away. The story is covered at space.com and the Globe and Mail. The project is aimed at studying the feasiblity of dealing with medical emergencies in space on the ISS. "We have learned that it is possible, and quite safe, to telementor an untrained person through a complex medical task," said Dr. Mehran Anvari, one of the principal investigators from the McMaster University Centre for Minimal Access Surgery."
Fine, YOU go first.
And given enough time and refinements, we can outsource surgeons also.
A simulation was completed successfully today.
Don't think that a small group of dedicated individuals can't change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.
...until you forget to pay the phone bill.