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Laser Surgery Goes Online

Posted by samzenpus on from the put-your-eye-in-the-disk-tray dept.

Ignat writes "Scientists in Australia successfully performed a laser surgery in a Southern California laboratory via the Internet. RoboLase, the new technology used showed that realtime surgeries can be performed from distant locations. Scientists from UC Irvine, UC San Diego and the University of Queensland used RoboLase to produce surgical holes in a distinct pattern of less than one micron in diameter (1/1000th of a millimeter) in single cells."

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  1. Geez, what happens if the computer crashes? by The+I+Shing · · Score: 3, Funny

    Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase blue screen of death, doesn't it? Ba dum bum! Thank you very much, I'll be here all week! Remember to tip your bartender!

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  2. i cant wait by penguinix · · Score: 5, Funny

    i can't wait for my doctor to be outsourced to India.

  3. Linksys Router by Mean_Nishka · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this work with my Linksys router?

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  4. Stupid Receptionist! by GuitarNeophyte · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry, Mr Smith. The receptionist clogged up our bandwidth with illegal P2P downloading while we were making the incision. So, uh, it's just a tad off. Sorry.

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  5. RIAA.....er....AMA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens if hackers sniff the packets, save the procedure to a file, create a torrent, and distribute the surgery all over the internet?

    The artist...er..doctors won't get paid for their work.

  6. Re:Yeah, but.. by John+Courtland · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ze goggles! Dey do NOTHING!"

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  7. Future post at bash.org by grolschie · · Score: 4, Funny

    And now I make my first incision
    <nurse> Nice work there Doctor.
    <doctor>.
    <doctor>.
    <doctor> DIE DIE DIE!!!!
    * stab stab stab *
    <nurse> What the hell are you doing!!!!???!!
    <nurse> You've made a freakin' mess. There's bloody all over the theatre!
    <nurse> Somebody help!!!!!!!!
    <doctor> .
    <doctor> Sorry was AFK and my little brother was messing with my pc

  8. Love the internet for laser eye surgery... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the doctor begins adjusting the power of the beam and turns on the laser just as a lag spike hits. The computer continually increaes the laser power... then the delayed UDP message to "fire" the laser arrives...

    The doctor stares bewildered at his monitor as the word HEADSHOT! is returned...

    (Then a remote nurse claims he has an aimbot...)

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