As if treating a mannequin that can bleed and even
flat line on you wasn't
stressful enough, researchers at Gifu University's Graduate School of Medicine are hoping to make your residency even harder to manage. A newfangled robotic
dummy packs a potent artificial brain, as it can reportedly "respond verbally to questions about how it feels and move its body in ways that exhibit the symptoms of its ailment." The current prototype is modeled after a female who honestly looks to have had one incredibly rough
day week, and while it wasn't clear if instructors could program the
android to act out only a certain number of understood illnesses, we're sure the library of problems will grow with time. Currently, the bot is being trailed to see if it will indeed prove to be a valuable learning tool to eager med students, and if all goes well, it should "become part of the curriculum next year."
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posted May 16th 2007 8:04AM
I think that you meant to write "orally" instead of "aurally"... "aurally" means "using the ears", I doubt that the robot is capable of informing re: ailments using its ears.
Also "verbally" just means "in a manner using words" (written or spoken), you should have used "orally" there as well, which means "spoken".
"What's your diagnosis, doctor?"
"I believe this woman may be suffering from BWD"
"Gasp! You can't mean... Bionic Woman Disorder? How terrible!"
"You had better leave, nurse... I believe it may be highly contagious..."
"But... but doctor! What about you?"
"I'll be alright. I dedicated my thesis paper to this strange new disorder, and I believe that it is unable to infect men due to the Y chromosome. Now you'd better go, I'll need to begin treatment immediately. Fortunately for this patient, I have the latest breakthrough in medical technology."
"You mean...?"
"Yes... the Wiimote!"
They should have created a more attractive patient. See if the doctors can concentrate with a hot robot as their patient.
Maybe it's just me, but at first glance, does the doctor look like Pat Morita from The Karate Kid and the doll as Eric Stoltz in drag?
Having been through the entire medical education process, I can't really see what the point of this is, as there are plenty of sick poor people to fill up the clinics where students and residents get to practice, other than to provide grant money and salaries to whichever researchers are involved in developing the project. Not to by cynical or anything.
"Currently, the bot is being trailed "... Trialed? Or is the bot perhaps being followed by a P.I. hired by her bot husband on suspicions of infidelity? I kid, I kid.
I didn't know that Sloth had a bionic sister!
HEY YOU GUYYYYYYYYYYYYS!
Oh no, I've seen this before! Watch out!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8FCyW1BynT8
Does she have a sister!?!?!?!
I'm sorry. Our tests show you have Liza Minnelli eye syndrome.
Theres nothing we can do.
Mr. Miyagi!!
Man the shebot just looks drunk
I can diagnose that robot from here: she has a serious case of the "uglies"...
My SKIN!!! They've taken my SKINNNN!!! AIEEE, IT BURNS!!
And the Ghost of Pat Morita is doing all the testing....."does it hurt to wax on.....?"
Perhaps they made her ugly so nobody would try to have sex with her. She isn't quite ready for that sort of thing yet.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i just about stopped breathing when i read the two comments that said,
"I'm sorry. Our tests show you have Liza Minnelli eye syndrome. Theres nothing we can do."
"I can diagnose that robot from here: she has a serious case of the "uglies"..."
well without her even speaking, it seems that she has downs syndrome, or maybe the face sculptor was drunk at the time and she looked hot
She's suffering from an acute bout of Fuglyitis.
I, for one, welcome our sickly complaining overlords.