This is an interesting bit of technological development, but it’s hard to see how it could ever be practical over any distance with a noticeable communications time lag. Still, if you have low-lag communications between far-flung settlements on the Moon or Mars, it may be one way to better utilize diffusely-distributed medical resources.
[via aaron_j]
ER on the Moon?
Back to robots for just a minute. I mentioned the pregnant robot earlier, the one used to help train medical students without the need for human guinea pigs. I also blogged about the challenge of meeting medical needs in space. Well, those topics have …