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Robotic Surgery and Tele-Medicine - Advancing The Field of Medicine Into The Digital Age

Tele-medicine is a new area of medicine that uses digital communication technologies to monitor and treat patients from a distance. The possibilities of these new technologies are vast, especially as this is such a change from the usual style of treatments given to patients. Currently, Tele-medicine is used to monitor through various devices, to give doctors and nurses a look at how a person is doing, by using the internet to feed them information on things like blood pressure, weight and other vital signs. However, Tele-medicine could be used for much more than just reading and information gathering by combining with the other technologies that are defining future. Have a look.

Using 3D Images To Assess Patients

As we all know the 3D printers are used to make three dimensional solid objects from a digital model and if in future Tele-medicine could be used in conjunction with new 3D printers, this could help doctors to treat minor injuries of patient at their home only. This can be done by the patient taking a picture of themselves or the area needing medical attention, send it to a hospital who could then print out the image in 3D, rather than a standard 2D image. This development can bring a breakthrough in medical science by helping people who due to injuries, distance, age, etc, aren't able to get first aid medical treatment and it will also take the burden off from the overcrowded hospitals and clear beds for those who seriously need it. Someone who has an issue that could be treated by some first aid would be able to get advice on how to perform first aid on themselves, and if they should go see a doctor. It would be a good way to do triage before any physical visits to a hospital is made.

Tele-Medicine and Robotics

The future belongs to the automation and the combination of the Tele-medicine with the robotics could bring revolution in the world. For example, through Tele-medicine trainee doctors and medical students can get the benefit of getting connected with all the top medical universities, colleges, hospitals and simultaneously will learn and get trained to do surgeries by seeing through video monitors and also through robotic arms they will be able to perform surgeries on a patient in a whole different city, state or country. What this means for the patient is that they can receive the best of care, even if no specialist is available in the area.

Recently U.S army research, development and engineering command were exploring the idea of using their prototype medical military software with the Tele-medicine concept where soldiers are able to send total medical information, type of injuries, conditions etc, from the battlefield to the medical experts at the centre and get some real time advice and decisions to how to save the severely wounded soldier. Research is also going on in the defence to combine both the technologies together where through internet and satellites surgeons and doctors can provide treatment and surgeries to the injured personnel in battlefield with the help of robotic arm from a distance. So, soon we might see man-controlled robots hovering around the battlefield to patch up any wound help save those precious lives.

Going The Distance

This would be a major breakthrough, as it would get rid of the need for doctors and/or their patients to travel vast distances for surgery. Imagine being able to have a machine do surgery on you, while the doctor is far away. It would cut down on waiting times, and connect the world in more ways than it already is. Robotic doctors would be able to be used in 3^rd world countries, where there are not many doctors, in rural areas that are distance challenged, or in times of natural calamities such as floods and bushfires.

The possibilities for tele-medicine are immense, as it could be used to help so many people who aren't lucky enough to have a specialist nearby to treat them. The future of medicine is here with humans and machines working together.

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What we have for you today is a battle between a Windows phone and an Android phone, both of which have been endowed with blistering specifications in terms of the hardware and the software. With all the comparisons that have been going on recently between Android and IOS, it seems that the extremely potent Galaxy S3 has a new competitor in the HTC Windows Phone 8X. Let’s find out which phone has an upper hand over the other.

Design

Simply put, the Windows Phone 8X looks more stylish than the plain and plastic made Galaxy S3, however, while trying to use them, one gets a different idea. The unresponsive power/lock key on the Windows Phone 8X, coupled with its sharp edges and the rubbery feel, just fails to make an impression. The Galaxy S3 on the other hand, in spite of not being a looker, is quite pleasant to touch and feels way more comfortable than its HTC competitor in real time usage.

Display

It used to be really tough to beat the Samsung made Super AMOLED HD screen, but it seems that the HTC 8X is more than up for the job. The Super LCD – 2 screen on the 8X is visibly brighter, warmer and better. Due to a smaller screen size of the 8X (4.3 inches vs. the 4.8 inch screen of the S3), it also has a higher ppi count at 342. The S3 has a bigger screen and the difference isn’t much (S3 has a ppi count of 306), but one has to admit that text and media definitely looks sharper on the Windows phone, in spite of sharing the same resolution of 720 x 1280.

Camera

             

Both the phones are packing awesome 8 megapixel cameras that are capable of shooting HD videos and both have LED flash to assist in ill-lit conditions; nonetheless, the Galaxy S3 wins by a whisker in this department. Although there isn’t much to choose from in between the two in terms of details, the videos and the pictures shot with the Galaxy S3 just looks more natural than those shot on the 8X.

Battery

In spite of the S3 having a bigger battery (2100 mAh), it seems that the Windows Phone 8 OS allows the 8X (1800 mAh) to last longer than the S3! Real time handling proved it as the 8X lasted roughly a day longer on moderate use.

Sound

We felt that the Windows Phone 8X is a bit of a letdown when it came to its loudspeaker as sound is low even on maximum volume and everything sounds somewhat subdued. The loudspeaker on the S3 is a lot clearer and is loud enough for most people though. Call quality on both phones is enhanced by noise-cancellation technology and both of them execute this function with superb clarity. The earphones on either of the two are nothing remarkable, but the 8X does have more comfortable buds to use.

Conclusion

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is undoubtedly a fabulous smartphone, but the Samsung Galaxy S3 may just have an edge due to the more complete package which it offers. The 8X might have pulled a few over the well-established S3, but the S3 offersmore opportunities for personalization, has a better keyboard and a bigger screen, supports flash and above all else, has the much more developed Android market at its disposal. At the end of it all, a phone is only as good as its OS and Windows 8 just isn’t there yet!