9/19 Extra: Trans-Atlantic Surgery

[lisa]

Originally posted by dhamsaic
as for "it's nothing surprising" - not really, but when you think about everything that makes it work, it's amazing.

Well, my point was that the distance is not amazing. That's easy once you have the "operate by remote control" and decent telecommunications. Each of those (which we have had for years) is amazing, but the ability to combine the two is obvious -- though quite a cool accomplishment as a "finished product."