| From: | The Vagabond <nomad74@*******.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Surgeons as Riggers? |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 02:40:31 PDT |
>surgeon has used a robot to perform surgery by remote control. I didn't
>catch the whole story, but I think the main surgeon was at a remote
site
>and there was a human surgeon in the operating theatre in case there
was
>a problem with the robots.
The same idea is presented in the "Terminator 2" ride at Universal
Studios(GREAT "big brother" corporate atmosphere). One of the ideas
presented in their "commercial" was "...and how about a surgeon who
could perform brain surgeory[Terminator-like arms jutting from a
hospital wall surrounding a patient's head]... without missing the
sunset[cut to a guy sitting on a beach with a laptop and some VR
gloves]?"
> This brought me back to an idea I had the other day on the bus
>on the way to work. In 205X, could some surgeons be very specialised
>forms of riggers? Given that at the moment, there is a lot of surgery
>being done with laproscopes (I had my gall bladder out by laproscope in
>'93) and the story relayed above, could a surgeon benefit from a VCR
>which is hooked to the miniature tools used in surgery?
I could maybe see a very famous, specialized surgeon having his own
Rigger to set that kind of thing up. I wouldn't think it would be
standard operating procedure, however. I can't see many patients eager
to have their doc do the operation from halfway across the world.
However, a specialized surgeon high in demand, may have to be in two
places(quite literally) at the same time.
Needless to say, I'm sure it wouldn't be cheap, either.
PS- I could be convinced that this would be a popular method of
street docs who 'specialize' in cortex bombs(for obvious reasons).
>:)
-Vagabond
"Under wandering stars I've grown"
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