Then, on the following day, the doctors were asked to perform a series of simulated operations via a virtual reality program used to train doctors in laparoscopic surgery, a form of minimally invasive surgery performed with tiny incisions and a fiber-optic camera.
McGee, had developed a prototype for a Virtual Patient program, one that third and fourth year Harvard Medical students could utilize (on CD-ROM) to learn some of the details of patient care that they would not be able to pick up on rounds.
At the moment, Meier and Weichert are contemplating how to grow the program to reach more veterans and they think that expanding the virtual lessons the program offers may be the way to go.
The first virtual 3D surgical program to train doctors has been developed by the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.
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But until Skype fixes it, Kayan suggests that cautious users run the program inside a virtual machine on their computers.
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There's even a "Cooler Conversations" module that supposedly lets you carry on casual conversations with the program's virtual assistant, Marnie.
Essentially, when it detects an intruding piece of malware, the program follows the virtual trail left behind back to the attack's source -- disabling every machine it encounters along the way.
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Frustrated but not embittered, Rothschild has miniaturized his plans, hoping to sell enough models to fund the traveling exhibit, the virtual museum and the national invention program, and recoup some of his investment.
He has since scaled back his plans and is in the process of selling all but 300 or so of his pieces in an attempt to fund a traveling exhibit, a virtual museum and a national invention program for schoolchildren.
Originally created for the U.S. Department of Defense at the University of Iowa as part of the Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) program to help reduce physical strain on soldiers, Santos has been heralded by ergonomists as a breakthrough in digital modeling.
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Writing an exploit program that can break those virtual boundaries isn't easy, says SANS Web security researcher Johannes Ullrich, and sandboxing would add a significant layer to the Web's armor.
MasterCard recently approved two BlackBerry models (one Bold, one Curve) for its PayPass program, meaning the devices can store virtual credit card data in their SIM cards.
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One advantage gained from switching to a more fully featured design program was the ability to perform simulations and virtual stress tests.
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The MTM Careers program further teaches you how to have a virtual coffee with potential connectors and employers via social media, and how to close the deal with materials and in interviews.
Today, it's announced it's working with popular music-mixing software Virtual DJ to provide tighter integration between the device and the program.
The program brings students together once a month, supported by a virtual learning platform, and has meant that students in the first class include a VP from the Walt Disney Company, who makes the monthly commute from Los Angeles.
He has explored crystal growth, and developed, with a specialist in nature-related algorithms, a 3-D program mimicking the way crystals actually grow over millions of years (with this particular program, he and the scientists he has been working with made virtual crystals grow directly on a ring-like structure on their computer, almost instantly, then manufactured them with a 3-D printer).
In this program, a person hooked up to the EEG sensors learned to maneuver a virtual cube around a screen using mental commands like those he or she might use when controlling a car.
Unlike most successful virtual stock pickers, however, Rees has a unique money making opportunity thanks to a new program from Marketocracy.com and Foliofn.
It's called Virtual PC and, last month, the company announced it had released a new version of the program.
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