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DARPATech Shows off Robot Doc and Cancer Breathalyzer

Posted by samzenpus on from the cyborg-monkey-still-a-dream dept.

mattnyc99 writes "DARPATech, the Pentagon research arm's annual R&D free-for-all, has some pretty groundbreaking stuff on display this year: the first portable, self-contained robotic surgeon (which a Defense Dept. scientist said would be deployed by 2009), plus a breath-testing gadget that can scan for multiple diseases (including breast cancer) and three new autonomous 'bots that reflect the Pentagon's increasing need for autonomous machinery as the IED-filled Iraq war continues."

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  1. Re:Automation and the devaluation of humans by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can only suggest that you do a little reading up on your history of Richard Gatling and his gun. Kill the darkies back then, kill the brownies today. Same tune, different era.

  2. Ugh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really hope that robotic surgeons and doctors spell the end for crappy hospital-themed TV series.

    Or transform them into awesome series about robots waging war on each other.

  3. Re:Mannequin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "treated" a mannequin during a test, with no complications."
    WTF!$#@?>??? The mannequin came out with no penis for crying out loud!!
  4. ObTrek by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

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