Robotic Surgical Simulator lets doctors sharpen their skills by operating on polygons
28th February 2010
Read it.
And about fargin time, too. One of the things I’ve been waiting for is the development of sophisticated simulation environments that will allow people to practice useful skills in a realistic environment to give them a leg up when they get into the Real Thing. Aircraft flight simulators have made huge strides in this regard, and some would say that high-end computer games have given us a reserve pool of potential tank gunners and fighter pilots the way life on the prairie gave us a huge pool of potential infantry riflemen during the 20th century. (We still have a long way to go — how many people were not surprised when, in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, the party in Moria, surrounded by orcs, stood around and waited for whatever it was that had scared off the orcs. I was bouncing up and down in my seat: GUYS, IF THE ORCS ARE RUNNING THEN YOU OUGHT TO BE RUNNING TOO. DON’T JUST STAND THERE WITH YOUR THUMBS UP YOUR BUTTS. But nobody listens to me….)
So this is a welcome development.