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I'm in a medical trial right now. The second day, I had fifteen blood draws. I was stuck (by humans) more than thirty times. A machine that works more then 70% of the time much more preferrable than humans that can't get it right 50% of the time.

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The prototype is currently on display at the Hunterian Museum in London as part of an exhibition on Medical Robots.

There's some more really good stuff in there like some of those tiny miny-bots that you keep hearing about in the papers. Imagine one of them crawling or swimming around inside you!

Check it out here: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/exhibitions/sci-fi-surgery]]>Sep 18th 2009 11:14AM