Haptic Tools Let Doctors Practice On Virtual Patients
From: InformationWeek Magazine - June 10, 2002 - page 60
By: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Dr. William Bithoney, physician-in-chief at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
in Paterson, NJ, envisions examining patients hundreds or thousands of miles
away while "virtually" feeling the same bumps, lumps, and other anomalies
that a bedside doctor feels. That simulated tactical sensation may soon be
made possible through haptic technology. 

Caption: Immersion's technology, which uses sensors to track motions in a
hand, such as how much each joint bends, is used by aerospace manufacturers
and automakers. 

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