Robot visits patients when doctor can't
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility. Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone.
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The technology exists to protect patients from antidepressants that might cause harmful side effects. Why aren't doctors using it? By Aaron Rowe.
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Intel and Motion Computing design a tablet-like PC specifically for medical professionals.
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Patients will be able to book GP appointments through their television sets under a system being piloted.
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A new device could help doctors determine whether a patient smokes, and provide incentive to quit.
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The University of Colorado Hospital will begin using a robot to mix chemotherapy drugs for patients later this month.
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Having easy access to a doctor's e-mail address appears to increase patient communication.
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A Paralyzed man using a new brain sensor  has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and  control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a  team of scientists said on Wednesday.
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Patients around the country will be able to book a GP appointment through their TV set.
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Humanoid devices will be used to encourage interest in science and technology.
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The technological marvels of medicine mean that the insured majority are being treated for ailments that went untreated or undetected years ago.
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An electronic &quot;artificial eye&quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road.
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Researchers have created an electronic contact lens that could be used as a display or a medical sensor.
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Many NHS patients could soon be able to make an appointment to see their GP over the internet.
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Legs or wheels? Entertaining or functional? The robot world has a lot of questions to resolve.
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In the past couple of years, robots have started to move around and work independently. Just don't expect them to look, walk and talk like C3PO in the Star Wars movies -- rolling and beeping like R2D2 is more like it.