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Medical robots / by Hulick, Kathryn,author.(CARDINAL)405863; Yip, Michael,consultant.(CARDINAL)837909;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Today, robots are hard at work in hospitals around the world. Some simply help comfort patients or dispense medicine, while others are helping surgeons with complex operations. Medical Robots introduces readers to examples of these robots, the challenges faced by their designers, and the advances that are on the horizon. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." -- Amazon.com.800LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Medical innovations; Robotics in medicine; Robots; Surgical robots;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Robotics and medicine / by Hulick, Kathryn,author.(CARDINAL)405863;
Grade 9 to 12.Includes bibliographical references and index.The first robots -- Robotic surgery -- Helper bots -- Diagnosis, care, and treatment -- From therapy to cyborgs.Robots are poised to transform the health care industry. In some places they are already carrying meals to patients, carting away dirty laundry, disinfecting floors, dispensing medication, assisting with surgeries, and helping patients with limited mobility. Medical robots are designed to help people live longer, healthier lives.
Subjects: Robotics in medicine; Medical technology; Surgical robots;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The matter of the heart : a history of the heart in eleven operations / by Morris, Thomas(Thomas Neil Gareth),author.(CARDINAL)356520;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index.Bullet to the heart -- Blue babies -- "A sensible hissing" -- Ice baths and monkey lungs -- Rubber balls and pig valves -- Metronomes and nuclear reactors -- "Strong and peculiar symptoms" -- One life, two hearts -- Clinical trial by media -- Fantastic voyage -- I, Robot (surgeon).Through the stories of eleven landmark heart surgeries between 1945 and 2005, Morris shows the achievements made by cardiac surgeons -- and the committed bravery, occasional arrogance, jealous rivalry, and incredible ingenuity they displayed to get the job done. Peer over the surgeon's shoulders and into the miracle of the human body, and discover the history of risk-taking that has ultimately saved millions of lives.
Subjects: Case studies.; Heart; Heart surgeons; Heart; Surgical robots.; Creative ability in medicine.; Medical innovations.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Robots / by Gifford, Clive.(CARDINAL)265470;
Explains the nature, parts, operations, and uses of robots as factory workers, vehicles, surgical assistants, sheep shearers, space explorers, and more.
Subjects: Machine theory; Robots;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Robot / by Bridgman, Roger,1940-(CARDINAL)375674;
What is a robot? -- Fictional robots -- Robot ancestors -- Beginnings of real robotics -- Robots on the move -- Robot senses -- Artificial intelligence -- Robots in industry -- Remote control -- Ready-made robots -- Battle of the bots -- Battle of the bots -- Sporting robots -- Robots in the lab -- Robots in medicine -- Helping around the home -- Going where it's hard to go -- Flying and driving -- Underwater robots -- Robots in space -- Robots and art -- Musical robots -- Animatronics -- Machines with feelings -- Teams and swarms -- Cyborgs -- Humanoids -- Into the future -- Index.Take a detailed look at the fascinating world of robots - from the earliest single-task machines to the advanced intelligence of robots with feelings. Young readers will be amazed to learn all that robots can do: perform delicate surgical operations, clean city sewers, work as museum tour guides, or even battle each other in combat. Find out how humans have created these mechanical minds and bodies. Annotation. Take a detailed look at the fascinating world of robots from their earliest days through to the advanced intelligence of future robots with feelings. Including machines that perform delicate surgical operations and those that clean our sewers, to those that work as museum tour guides and even battle each other in combat, this book has timeliness of robots and a list of websites make this a complete guide to the world of robotics.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Robots; Robotics;
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Robots in medicine / Richard and Louise Spilsbury. by Spilsbury, Richard,author.; Spilsbury, Louise,author.(CARDINAL)333019;
Bot doctors -- Surgeons -- Bot images -- Robot pharmacists -- Robot staff -- Mobility -- Bionic parts -- Glossary -- For more information -- Index.In 2000, the FDA approved the Da Vinci surgical robotic system. The Da Vinci is a robot controlled by a surgeon used to do delicate and technical surgeries, and it represents a whole segment of robots used to aid doctors, pharmacists, and others in the medical field. Readers are introduced to cutting-edge medical technology with full-color photographs of robots actually used in hospitals and doctors' offices today. The main content offers detailed, but understandable, information about the science of these incredible machines. Additionally, readers learn about the integration of these robots into many careers in medicine, technology, and science.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Robotics; Robotics in medicine;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A history of medicine in 50 objects / by Paul, Gill,1960-author.(CARDINAL)421896;
Includes bibiographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
Subjects: Medicine; Medical instruments and apparatus.; Medical supplies.; Material culture.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Adapt : how humans are tapping into nature's secrets to design and build a better future / by Khan, Amina,author.(CARDINAL)415069;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index.Part I: Materials. 1. Fooling the mind's eye : what soldiers and fashion designers can learn from the cuttlefish ; 2. Soft yet strong : how the sea cucumber and squid inspire surgical implants -- Part II: Mechanics of movement. 3. Reinventing the leg : how animals are inspiring the next generation of space explorers and rescue robots ; 4. How flying and swimming animals go with the flow -- Part III: Architecture of systems. 5. Building like a termite : what these insects can teach us about architecture (and other things) ; 6. Hive mind : how ants' collective intelligence might change the networks we build -- Part IV: Sustainability. 7. The artificial leaf : searching for a clean fuel to power our world ; 8. Cities as ecosystems : building a more sustainable society."Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly good at doing more with less. If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning, it stands to reason that nature can teach us a thing or two about sustainable technology and innovation. In Khan's accessible voice, these complex concepts are made simple. There is so much we humans can learn from nature's billions of years of productive and efficient evolutionary experience. This field is growing rapidly and everyone from architects to biologists to nano-technicians to engineers are paying attention. Results from the simplest tasks, creating Velcro to mimic the sticking power of a burr, to the more complex like maximizing wind power by arranging farms to imitate schools of fish can make a difference and inspire future technological breakthroughs. Adapt shares the weird and wonderful ways that nature has been working smarter and not harder, and how we can too to make billion dollar cross-industrial advances in the very near future."--
Subjects: Engineering design.; Biotechnology.; Nature.;
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The Vorrh : a novel / by Catling, B.(Brian)(CARDINAL)434282;
"The Vorrh follows a brilliant cast of characters through a parallel Africa where fact, fiction, and fantasy collide. Tsungali, a native marksman conscripted by the colonial authorities--against whom he once led a revolt--is on the hunt for an English bowman named Williams. Williams has made it his mission to become the first human to traverse the Vorrh, a vast forest at the edge of the colonial city of Essenwald. The Vorrh is endless, eternal; a place of demons and angels. Sentient, oppressive, and magical, the Vorrh can bend time and wipe a person's memory. Between the hunter and the hunted are Ishmael, a curious and noble Cyclops raised by Bakelite robots; the evil Dr. Hoffman, who punishes the son of a servant by surgically inverting his hands; and the slave owner MacLeish, who drives his workers to insanity, only to pay the ultimate price. Along with these fictional creations, Brian Catling mixes in historical figures, including surrealist Raymond Roussel and photographer and Edward Muybridge. In this author's hands none of this seems exotic or fantastical. It all simply is"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Science fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Medicine : the definitive illustrated history / by Parker, Steve,1952-author.(CARDINAL)183899; Black, Alexandra,author.(CARDINAL)654449; Parker, Philip,1965-author.(CARDINAL)343809; Regan, Sally,author.(CARDINAL)563429; Weeks, Marcus,author.(CARDINAL)705445;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Medicine tells the fascinating story of the discipline, from ancient times to the present day, charting developments in healing, diagnosis, surgery, and drugs in a vividly visual and accessible format. Follow the gory pitfalls and the miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning, bloodletting, and body snatching to the latest developments in IVF and gene therapy. Clear diagrams explain major diseases, such as cancer, and enhance understanding of human anatomy, surgical instruments, and the progression of treatment over the centuries, setting the great milestones of medical history in their wider social context. A complementary illustrated reference section profiles all the main body systems and organs and explains their relevance in terms of the advancement of medicine. A compelling blend of riveting stories, accessible information, and striking illustrations, Medicine shows and tells how medicine has evolved into the lifesaving discipline it is today"--Amazon.com.Accelerated Reader
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Medicine; Medicine;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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