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...cardiothoracic surgery at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, is no novice. Then again, today's procedure will be no ordinary bypass. It will be one of the first in the country to replace the surgeon's hands with 2-ft.-long robotic arms. The metallic limbs will enter the patient's body through the narrow gaps between the ribs, cutting holes no bigger than a nickel--a far cry from the usual 6-in. to 8-in. incisions sawed straight through the breastbone. Besides eliminating a can't-miss scar, the robotic approach promises to reduce the trauma...
Back in the operating room, Michler prepares for the first incision--a small round hole through which the robotic arm will enter the left side of Oaks' chest. First goes the camera, then the miniature forceps and finally a tool called a cautery, which will be used to isolate the artery that the surgeons plan to attach to the heart to restore proper blood flow. As Michler steps back, the robot springs to life. Looking like the legs of an oversize metallic spider, the long black arms start to gyrate--both outside and deep inside the patient's body...
...Unsurprisingly, it's complicated. But the closely related techniques used by the two teams both involve canisters of chilled gas - Walsworth's team used rubidium, treated with a pair of laser beams that rendered it transparent - into which the light can enter without being absorbed. Instead, the first beam leaves its mark on the gas particles while the second beam is slowly turned down by the physicists. As that happens, the first beam grinds to a halt - and goes dark...
...Makatiani recently launched the service in Zambia, and has plans to soon enter the continent's biggest markets, Egypt and South Africa, which together account for 70% of Africa's 5 million Internet users. "You've got to have patience and you've got to be able to understand the intricacies of every country. It's about connections and about who knows who," says Makatiani. "But once you've tapped into that network across Africa you can get things done quicker, faster and in parallel...
...Enter Takenaka, moving fast. In Japan the phrase that dare not speak its name right now is shock therapy, but that's exactly the kind of quick economic fix he has in mind. "How fast can we clean it up?" he asks me as we sit over tea. Five years, I guess. "We think two to three years, but we need to accelerate." The reason for the haste is simple: the reforms are likely to cause unemployment. That puts the reform package into a race with electoral confidence. If voters get fed up before the reforms have time to finish...