Kinect technology with surgeons
I’ve said elsewhere (http://goo.gl/W57jX), don’t count M$ out, just because the Windows phone isn’t taking off. Keep in mind their hands have been tied for some time due to the DoJ consent decree. The Kinect technology is just scratching the surface of what is possible. In the linked article, surgeons can use Kinect to manipulate images while maintaining sterility and not worry about miscommunication with techs (who previously would have manipulated the images). Remember Minority Report?
#ScienceSunday curated by Allison Sekuler Rajini Rao and Robby Bowles
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57445827-76/surgeons-use-kinect-tech-during-aneurysm-procedures/
June 10, 2012
Touchless technology..does this mean that any klutz can become a surgeon? There’s hope for my 13 yr old then 🙂
June 10, 2012
Rajini Rao Ouch! Such maternal support he should be glad to have less of… < winking >
June 10, 2012
No, it just means the surgeon doesn’t have to touch a screen or mouse. However, I believe there has been a study that showed kids who grew up with video games are better at laparoscopy relative to us older folk. The University of Chicago uses Da Vinci. It’s pretty cool to watch the med students practice in the animal facility OR.
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/minisurgery/benefits/davinci.html
June 10, 2012
Rajini Rao there is a Canadian virtual surgery training kit that would be awesome for kids to learn brain surgery. It even comes in a rugged waterproof Otter Box. 🙂
June 10, 2012
OMG, we are falling behind the Canucks! They have virtual surgery to teach their kids and we have Operation :(. So sad.
80’s Operation “Board Game” Commercial
June 10, 2012
Must be that damned “single-payer” system to blame… < snickering >
June 10, 2012
It was for med students and the demo was at AAAS in Vancouver. 😀 I gave the business card to a friend at my local med school and don’t recall the names, but I think it was a uni in Ottowa.
June 10, 2012
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/dimensions/issue2/virtual_surgery.html
E-mail : Robert.DiRaddo@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
June 10, 2012
Thanks for the link Bob Calder
June 11, 2012
Wow, this enables sterility not impaired, and voice and gesture controls? What a boon!!!