Monday, April 4, 2005

Finally, a bovine rectal palpation simulator


Those interested in learning how to perform a bovine rectal simulation but are scared to death of cows can now use this simulator developed at the Glasgow Interactive Systems Group and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the UK.
 ~Sarah Scow When using the simulator, the student palpates virtual objects representing the bovine reproductive tract, receiving feedback from a PHANToM haptic device (inside a fibreglass model of a cow), while the teacher follows the student’s actions on the monitor and gives instruction.

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 Pittsfordmiddle Rountree Cow3 UPDATE: Jim says: Who needs a plastic cow simulator? I'll see your cow simulator and raise you one fistula: at Cornell, they have real, living cows with holes in 'em.
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