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TACC supercomputer performs laser cancer surgery on canine
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| And yet, in April 2008, when the researchers performed the first full run of
| the system on a canine subject, the coordination went off without a hitch,
| proving the potential of supercomputers for patient-specific treatments and
| blazing a path to next-generation cyber-surgical methods.
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http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/research/users/features/dynamic.php?m_b_c=laser
The article says the dog gave his life for this experiment. Did they ask the
dog if it was /willing/? Did it bark once or twice?
Related:
NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings
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| NHS National Services Scotland forecasts it will save up to £8m over
| three years from a new procurement deal with Microsoft
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/scottish_nhs_microsoft_procurement_deal/
CfH refutes computer failure claims
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| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
|
| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
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| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/
NHS Direct all better
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| NHS Direct is back online this afternoon after going on the sick
| with a server error earlier today.
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| According to Netcraft, the Windows 2000 server at the bargain
| basement hypochondriac magnet modern, accessible public healthcare
| resource was rebooted today. See here.
|
| Whatever malady did for the box, it was "unexpected", as the message
| on the site explained for most of today.
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| NHS Direct was unavailable for comment at time of writing.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/10/nhsdirect_back/
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