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2nd July 2007

What I’ve Been Doing Today - 2007-07-02

  • 0935 - Windy, rainy weather outside. I love this kind of weather but am also glad to be heading to more summery climes in a few days #
  • 1145 - Sedate morning at work. Working on some Wikipedia of the Day posts for the next few weeks #



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2nd July 2007

Terrorism jitters

Fifth suspect held in British terror hunt | News | The Australian

Failed car bombings in London and and a crazy attempt to blow up Glasgow airport - just when we start to relax these sort of stories come along and remind us what times we live in. It’s always a bit disconcerting to read these things but this one bothers me a little more than usual, considering that in 2 weeks from now we’ll be strolling around London. And if this sort of thing makes me a little nervous to even visit the place, I can only begin to imagine how it must make the locals feel..



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2nd July 2007

WOTD - Robotic surgery

Robotic surgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robotic surgery is the use of robots in performing surgery. Three major advances aided by surgical robots have been remote surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and unmanned surgery.[1] Major potential advantages of robotic surgery are precision and miniaturization. Further advantages are articulation beyond normal manipulation and three-dimensional magnification. Some surgical robots are autonomous, and they are not always under the control of a surgeon. They are only sometimes used as tools to extend the surgical skills of a trained surgeon.

In 1985 a robot, the PUMA 560, was used to place a needle for a brain biopsy using CT guidance. In 1988, the PROBOT, developed at Imperial College London, was used to perform prostatic surgery. The ROBODOC from Integrated Surgical Systems was introduced in 1992, and is a robot to mill out precise fittings in the femur for hip replacement surgery. Further development of robotic systems was carried out by Intuitive Surgical with the introduction of the da Vinci Surgical SystemComputer Motion with the and AESOP and the ZEUS robotic surgical system. [..read more..]



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