This three-part series analyzes the phenomenal research of medical visionaries, scientists, and futurists. Covering developments from robotics to telesurgery, computer chip brain implants to homes that monitor their residents for illness, the series provides exceptional insights into where medicine is going and what remarkable feats it may accomplish during the 21st century—and beyond. 3-part series, 47 minutes each.

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The Series Includes : The Cutting Edge: Innovative Surgical Methods | Biomedicine and Biotechnology | Medicine, Engineering, and the Human/Machine Interface

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