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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. I can see it now by Dhalphir · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The headlines:

    "Angry patient sues Microsoft for Windows crashing while having laser surgery!"

  2. Mandatory Dr. Evil quote by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All I want is a frickin' router with a laser microscope on its head. Is that too much to ask?

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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill