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5G lets you remotely perform surgery with a robot arm

2017-03-02
flap G isn't just about turbocharging - connection your phone the other big attribute of 5g is its responsiveness while you may not notice it when you pull up a website or FaceTime your mom there's always a slight delay from your phone paying in the network and you getting a response but with 5g there is no lag that opens the opportunity for new kinds of wireless applications like telemedicine as an example Ericsson is set up a demonstration where you can perform surgery using a VR headset and a special glove the glove controls a robot arm that's a few feet away although might as well be in another state it's that robot arm that actually cuts into the body line through the glove our haptic feedback motors that buzz when the tip of the arm touches the organ giving you the sensation that you're actually touching it that kind of precise control the surgeons require and the instant feedback can only happen with a responsiveness of 5g because it's done virtually Erickson says the students can watch along on companion VR headsets allowing them to learn as a surgeon performed the operation it's just one of the examples of how 5g will change our world and why the entire wireless industry is buzzing about this technology
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