Robotic Surgery Market Growing

The surgical robot market is anticipated to reach $20 billion by 2021, according to market forecasts. While predictions that robot technology would enable surgeons to perform operations on the other side of the world have not come to pass, surgeons confirm that robot technology is improving their work. Check out the video below (6:00 minutes) which explores how the worlds of biology and robotics are coming together:

Blog and news items in the science, health, and technology spheres

  • Last month, the Wellcome Library released more than 100,000 high resolution images online under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY licenses. The collection spans centuries and includes a wealth of resources for researchers – read more about some of the highlights in the blog announcement.
  • Apple has refused to help the FBI unlock the phone of a suspect in the San Bernadino Mass Shooting, coverage from NPR here.