Next-generation wireless technology is taking the medical world a crucial step closer to robots performing remotely-controlled surgery, a doctor ...
BARCELONA: Next-generation wireless technology is taking the medical world a crucial step closer to robots performing remotely-controlled surgery, a doctor in Spain said on Wednesday after carrying out the world's first 5G-powered telementored operation.
5G greatly reduces latency - the time it takes to get a response to information sent - of wireless networks so images and data is relayed almost instantly. De Lacy, the head of the hospital's gastrointestinal surgery service, used his finger to draw on a screen an area of the intestine where nerves are located and instructed the team how to navigate the surgery.The demonstration was part of the Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry's biggest annual global event, which is being held in the Mediterranean coastal city this week.
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