Now 3D is even in the operating room, recording your brain

Monday, March 29th, 2010

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3D is everywhere! There’s no use trying to stop it anymore! Soon we’ll all be wearing silly and expensive glasses just to watch Pat Sajak — or a neurosurgery operation.

Apparently some nerdy doctors thought it was necessary to broadcast a brain operation live and in full HD 3D to a theater 16 kilometers away. It took 16 companies to make this happen as the event required special fiber optic network be laid to handle the 500 MBs data stream but we’re sure it was totes worth it. (right) [Press release (PDF) via medgadget

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