X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [66.174.76.208] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0c3) with HTTP id 748631 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:31:48 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] non certified To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0c3 Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:31:48 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for Michael Smith : Yikes. What does this technology mean for me, a surgeon? SAD, superior automated doctor? Inset a CD and a robot does your colonoscopy, IMAX style? Michael Smith """ The Super Auto Pilot (SAP) is just the next step in the evolution of the three axis auto pilot. The strength of the servos will be within the pilot's ability to overpower them, there will be an off switch and a circuit breaker to pull if the off switch does not work. This is far less visionary than true fly by wire which has been around since at least the Apollo program. """