La revista Technology Review del MIT publica un trabajo científico realizado por investigadores de CEIT
MIT's Technology Review magazine publishes a scientific work conducted by researchers from CEIT
The robotics and simulation teams of the Donostia technology center are developing an innovative virtual recreation project for the essay of neurosurgery operations.
Technology Review magazine, published by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has echoed on its Internet portal the work being carried out by researchers at area simulation of the technology center. CEIT with the goal of train to professionals in sectors such as transportation, civil engineering and medicine in handling risk situations.
In the recently published article , the leading magazine for the promotion of emerging technologies and their commercial implications, founded in 1899, tells how visitors can climb into the cab of a truck designed for a novice driver to drive along a route simulated on three large screens, while at the same time allowing them to feel the transmission of gear changes, acceleration and displacements when turning the vehicle's steering wheel.
According to the publication, this combination of images, movement and haptic technology has already given rise to a spin-off of CEIT, Lander Simulation, which provides services to railway companies around the world, to train drivers and train them to cope with extreme driving conditions through these intelligent cabs.
Due to their experience in virtual recreation and augmented reality, says the American publication, engineers at the Gipuzkoan center CEIT are extending their virtual reality programs to help other sectors such as civil engineering, with a simulator for rock drilling machine operators before they start work on a new tunnel; or in the healthcare world so that surgeons can experience the sensation of drilling into a skull.
According to Emilio Sanchez and Diego Borro, coordinators of the robotics and simulation groups, "if the doctor does not have full control of the drilling process, he or she could damage the brain. So instead of doing this protocol from training on a cadaver, we are going to use a haptic device," they note. In fact, the team is already working in close coordination with neurosurgeons from local hospitals.
See http://www.technologyreview.com/microsites/spain/tech_centers.aspx (Page 2, file pdf attachment)