Dear Friends:
When I was very
young, I liked to create fiction stories about near impossible events. One day,
I wrote a tale imaging myself navigating inside my own body.
Psychology teaches
us that we have different levels of memory as human beings. Behind our
conscious memory, there are two other spheres of memory that store events of
our lives that we don’t remember when we are awake. My story navigating inside
my own body started with the possibility to enter to my brains to see events
that I don’t remember when I am awake.
In that moment, I
said to myself: “If I can invent a very smart “digital vehicle” to enter to my
body and I can navigate inside it, probably I will know “secret factors” of
about my fears, my pains, my body reactions to different symptoms, and more
about the affective links with my parents.
My fantasy tale was
based in my observation of how babies react in front to events that we don’t
perceive with our adult organs of the senses (eyes, ears…)
From that times, I
knew that the babies learn about things that happen around them without a
directly communication with adults. They know better than us, what fear and
hunger are. And they can store images from good and bad experiences they lived
in their first days of life.
By the way, I always
remember the terrible experience of a small baby of the times of end of the
World War II, when her mother was fleeing with her hidden in a potato basket
from East Germany because the Russians don’t wanted the German babies could
exit to a free zone. (Till now, she didn’t recover the “memories” of the long
trip in a potato basket with war, hunger and coldness.)
The fact is that my
passion for fantastic fiction stories of my young years was not completely
wrong.
The time passed, and
the medicine, psychology and the engineering advanced a lot in the knowledge of
human body.
Today these three
disciplines together with the micro-electronics and robotics are developing
“micro-robots” to navigate across our bodies like the fantastic “digital
vehicle” of my youngster tales.
A week ago, in Singapore, in one of first keynote the ICRA
(International Conference on Robotics and Automation), the scientist Louis Phee
commented his experience with small robots he introduces in the bodies of his
patients.
Louis Phee is member
of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He developed a flexible
robotic system to removes gastric and colon tumors using natural orifices of
the human body.
The small surgical
robot according to the Singapore speaker is inside a capsule that is
ingestible through an oral administration. And this “surgical robot” can fix
our internal organs without the necessity of a classic surgery.
This is not the
first time that a scientist presents special experiences with micro-robots that
can navigate inside our bodies in the scientific conferences of the IEEE.
Every year, at ICRA,
a lot of robots linked with humans are presented to the scientific community
for researchers, engineers and medical experts of different part of the world.
The advance in this
direction is the result of the intensive work of different disciplines
together: robotics, medicine, engineering, psychology.
Now in 2017, IEEE
held its annual ICRA conference in Singapore from May 28 to June 3 with a rich agenda of
conferences, workshops and very interesting presentations of research papers
focused in the links between robotics and humans.
At ICRA 2017, the
first subject of the research papers presentation was Motion and Path Planning
(108) papers.
Next, it came
Learning and Adaptive Systems with 108 papers, followed by Aerial Robotics (82
papers), Medical Robots and Systems (62 papers), Soft Material Robotics (51
papers), Biologically-Inspired Robots (50 papers). (The list continues…)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
TO REMARK:
- Medical Robots and
Systems: 62 papers
- Soft Material
Robotics (need for the developing of robots directly linked with humans): 51
papers
-
Biologically-Inspired Robots: 50 papers
- …
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Returning to the
presentation of Louis Phee, in his speech, he said: “I will share my
experiences in developing a novel flexible robotic system that removes gastric
and colon tumors using natural orifices as points of access.”
“I will
discuss the technical and medical challenges faced to push the research to
successfully test the robot on human subjects.”
“The challenges faced
in the translation of the robotic technology to be used in a clinical setting
were entirely different from the research phase.“
“By sharing my
experiences, I hope to inspire more researchers to translate their
research and inventions to actual useful products.”
As we see through
ICRA 2017 and Hannover Messe 2017 (“RETHINKING:
Robots In The Room”, by D.Trassens, Monday, May 1, 2017”), robots and
humans are walking together to build a new horizon of life that will surpass
“barriers” and “barriers” that blocked the human beings for centuries to
achieve new frontiers.
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Next, you can read
some of my last comments in the blog of the WSJ – Journal Community during the
last few days.
Domingo A. Trassens
Email: d.a.trassens@gmail.com
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MY BLOG COMMENTS
Iran always promoted terror. Now, it is also victim of terror.
06/07/2017 10:30:20 AM
2 Recommendations
Venezuela is acting like Argentina during the Kirchner era looking for money everywhere
in the market of bond dealers.
Venezuela is a rich country that is going from an abyss to
another abyss for corruption and idiocy.
06/06/2017 07:30:21
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3 Recommendations
Here the three dangerous ISIS
men who were walked free across Europe and U.K. because nobody knew in the intelligence agencies
before last Saturday about their terror operation.
06/06/2017 07:21:52
PM
2 Recommendations
Posted In Has
France Found Its Ronald Reagan?
(This is an opinion column
that compares French President Emmanuel Macron with Ronald Reagan.)
French President Emmanuel
Macron may be a political genius, but please don't applaud him before he makes
the job.
06/06/2017 07:13:57
PM
(Gerald Seib wrote” "The
president disrupted his party, the election process and Washington. Now, he is disrupting international affairs."
Mr Seib is the Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. He is
responsible for the Journal’s news and analysis from Washington. His opinions have a lot of weight in the WSJ
community.)
My comment: With disruptive
techniques, it is not possible to drive a country ahead.
06/06/2017 10:20:00 AM
2 Recommendations
(This column is about the
terrorist propaganda through the Internet despite some recent initiatives of
Google, Facebook and other Internet players.)
The terrorists are embedded
in the society and they use all the normal people use, also kitchen knifes to
kill victims. Why not Internet?
06/06/2017 02:43:02 AM
1 Recommendation
(WSJ like other important
newspapers follows the tweet war between Donald Trump and Mr. Khan.)
Now, Mr. Trump is fighting
against the Muslim London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
06/06/2017 12:07:34 AM
1 Recommendation
Posted In Brazil’s
President Temer Teeters
(The writer of this story
thinks that the constitution will save Brazil. Personally, I disagree.)
If Brazil's President Temer falls, the constitution will not
save the country because the Brazilian problem is the corrupt people mentality.
In the majority of the Latino
countries, the "constitution" is a “toilet paper” of the politicians.
06/06/2017 12:03:12 AM
2 Recommendations
How it is possible that
Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane earned the British citizens and nobody
really followed their steps in the country before?
Sometimes, we cannot
understand the immigration procedures of the Britons.
Basic questions: Why these
guys come to a western country? What are the professions of these guys? How
these guys make their living in London? What were their previous activities in their own
countries? Who sponsored the entrance of these guys to U.K.?
Really, the British immigration authorities are naïve giving British papers to people who from distance look dangerous.
Really, the British immigration authorities are naïve giving British papers to people who from distance look dangerous.
06/05/2017 11:22:54
PM
4 Recommendations
Posted In Apple’s
HomePod Cranks Up the Price
(During this week, Apple is
holding a new series of conferences with important announcements at WWDC2017 in
San Jose, California.
According to the information
distributed to the journalists, Apple is introducing:
- New digital tablets: iPadPro, in 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch.
- A new device: HomePod, a music home device.
- New Mac computers with 18-Core Processors, 22 Teraflops of
GPU performance.
- New computer operating system: macOS High Sierra.
- Updates its software for iPhone and iPad this fall: iOS
11.
- Update of its Apple Watch operating system: watchOS. )
My comment related to the WSJ
article: “Apple enters in the battlefield of intelligent home devices with
different focus from Amazon’s Echo. We have to see if HomePod will push a new
"digital revolution" like iPhone or iPad.
06/05/2017 10:50:09
PM
2 Recommendations
(This story comments that ISIS
is trying to push their sympathizers for more terrorist acts during Ramadan in
the western countries.)
According to the ISIS
call, its members and sympathizers will honor Allah during Ramadan killing
innocent people and spreading blood across western countries.
No surprise! Islamic State is
one of top promoters and planners of the terror incidents of the world today.
06/04/2017 11:36:31
PM
3 Recommendation
Can the Islamic State
militants pray to the "Islamic" God, while they are spreading death
and destruction?
This is Satan with all the
armies of devils!
06/04/2017 07:24:05
PM
3 Recommendations
Terrorists don’t need heavy
weapons to spread horror and death… This is good sample of the terrible moment
we are living.
06/04/2017 07:19:32
PM
5 Recommendations
Low unemployment rate doesn't
imply the best from the perspective of the workers. How many of them work for
$7 or less money the hour today?
06/04/2017 07:01:41
PM
1 Recommendation
Posted In Seven
Dead After Terror Attack in London
In the beginning, the news
said: 1 incident. .. After that: 2 incidents... Now, all London is panic!
This is a dark panorama for
the British people in times of elections.
06/03/2017 11:38:24
PM
9 Recommendations
U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley
has a hard work to translating the messages of the President to the rest of the
world.
06/03/2017 11:00:22
PM
1 Recommendation
Posted In Seven
Dead After Terror Attack in London
Panic continues hitting U.K!
06/03/2017 10:36:21
PM
1 Recommendation
The bombing attacks and
killings are not new in Afghanistan. Its government is weak. Afghans don't know
what is peace.
06/03/2017 04:22:43
PM
2 Recommendations
Europeans think different
from Donald Trump and Donald Trump thinks different from the Europeans. We have
to accept this reality.
06/03/2017 01:09:26
PM
2 Recommendations
Posted In Going
Out for Lunch Is a Dying Tradition
(This story comments that in
the big cities like New
York the lunch
is a dying tradition.)
The average worker has not
money for going out for lunch to a restaurant today.
06/03/2017 01:03:33
PM
1 Recommendation
(U.S. Defense Secretary
Mattis ask to China persuades North Korea to stop its
nuclear weapon program.)
My comment: I don't believe China will listen General Mattis. Chinese are partners of North Korea.
06/03/2017 12:55:43
PM
2 Recommendations
Till now the workers continue
suffering the bad salaries.
06/02/2017 04:17:16
PM
2 Recommendations
Islamic State is spreading
panic, destruction and death everywhere! Only devils can enjoy the pain of
others.
06/02/2017 04:09:42
PM
2 Recommendations
Posted In Why
Paris Matters Less Than It Seems
“Paris” matters less than it seems because it is only a
“political game” of the leaders of the world that doesn’t solve real problems
of cities and countries.
06/02/2017 10:32:16 AM
8 Recommendations
Now, China will be the "climate change" leader, but
this doesn't imply it will solve its carbon emitter problems: Political game!
06/02/2017 10:28:18 AM
3 Recommendations
Paris and "climate change" are the new subjects
of the political news. More "noise" that nobody will solve.
06/02/2017 10:07:59 AM
5 Recommendations
Islamic State is giving to
the Philippine leader the opportunity to kill enemies.
06/01/2017 04:05:19
PM
1 Recommendation
Again President Trump changed
his mind.
06/01/2017 03:59:05
PM
2 Recommendations
Posted In May’s
U.K. Election Gamble Imperiled
Prime Minister Theresa May is
gambling because she believes that all will be fine for her in the elections.
06/01/2017 03:57:25
PM
2 Recommendations
The logic says that North Korea cannot survive without China’s support.
However, we don’t know if Russia could pay the cost of North Korea in exchange of a military base in South Asia…
05/31/2017 08:35:03
PM
The new South Korean
President has to realize that his good intention to talk with North Korea will not change the plans of the dictator of the
neighbor country.
05/31/2017 05:53:20
PM
5 Recommendations
(This story talks about the
new bombing attack against Kabul in
the “green zone” near important embassies.)
Despite all the sacrifices of
the allied troops during a long war, Afghanistan is a terror inferno.
05/31/2017 05:37:47
PM
1 Recommendation
(This story says German
business people fear about the consequences of the Trump-Merkel discord.)
The Trump-Merkel discord will
not change the preferences of the American drivers who like German cars like
BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes Benz or VM.
05/31/2017 05:29:12
PM
2 Recommendations
Posted In The
Truth About Trump in Europe
Europeans are sensitive U.S. partners. Through the first international trip of
President Trump, they saw that Saudi Arabia was first.
However, among friends always there are some disagreements. This doesn't imply a "break" of relationships.
By the way, it is good that Europeans assume more directly their own responsibilities.
However, among friends always there are some disagreements. This doesn't imply a "break" of relationships.
By the way, it is good that Europeans assume more directly their own responsibilities.
05/30/2017 08:45:58
PM
When Muslims are minority,
they act friendly with Christians. But when they are majority, they put their
beliefs in the top of all and they advance against the Christian cross like in
the time of Crusaders.
And the facts are the Muslim
population is growing more than the Christian.
05/30/2017 08:24:20
PM
11 Recommendations
Today, Egypt is not a safe land for Christians. And the situation
is getting worse.
05/30/2017 06:55:01
PM
14 Recommendations
(According to this story, France’s Special Forces are focused to kill French militants
of the Islamic State in the Middle
East and other battlefields.)
France goes abroad to clean the domestic terror.
05/29/2017 10:14:52
PM
7 Recommendations
Nobody can think about a
peaceful dialogue with the North Korean dictator.
05/29/2017 08:19:20
PM
7 Recommendations
Posted In Macron,
Putin Hold Tense First Meeting
(Despite the incident
generated by Russian hackers against Emmanuel Macron during the French
presidential campaign, the new French President received Vladimir Putin in Paris with all the honors that France gives to foreign leaders. But Macron used the meeting
to remark the differences of both leaders in public.)
My comment: This was a smart
movement of Macron playing with President Putin.
05/29/2017 08:11:04
PM
2 Recommendations
Angela Merkel is trying to
redefine the Atlantic ties with a new German role due to the differences with
Trump administration.
05/29/2017 08:05:22
PM
Airline companies have to
update their technology and information systems according to the requirements
of the operations. Today technology is available.
05/28/2017 10:58:24
PM
1 Recommendation
(US Defense Secretary General Mattis announced a new
strategy to annihilate the ISIS militants in the ground.)
The only way to annihilate a
terrorist group is killing all militants one after the other, but the problem
in Syria like in Iraq are the innocent people that is in the middle.
The annihilation operations
have to kill terrorists like mice or ants. Militants alive always comeback to
crime, and sometimes become heroes of their followers.
And terrorists who flee from
the battlefield are potential new attackers in other geographies.
05/28/2017 06:51:35
PM
15 Recommendations
Posted In U.K.
Reduces Terrorism-Threat Level as Police Make Fresh Arrests Linked to
Manchester Bombing
U.K. reduces the threat level, but this doesn't imply the
country is safe than before the bombing attack.
A terrorist organization is
not only 11 guys. Surely, ISIS has more people working in the underground in United Kingdom.
05/27/2017 11:47:50 AM
4 Recommendations
(After gunmen attacked a bus
driving Coptic Christians, Egypt launched air-strikes against the bases of terrorists
in Lybia.)
My comment: Despite the
air-strikes against the terrorists in Libya, the Christians will not live safe in Egypt from now.
Surely, the attacks will
continue because the religious intolerance is growing in Muslim countries. 05/27/2017 11:26:27 AM
10 Recommendations
After a long civil war, the
efforts to stop the Taliban didn't produce effective results. The terror rules Afghanistan.
05/27/2017 11:03:40 AM
1 Recommendation
(Hewlett Packard recovered
the “PC Crown” that during the last years was in the hands of Lenovo, a Chinese
PC maker that in 2005 bought the IBM PC unit with the famous ThinkPad
notebooks.)
My comment: HP is a company
with stronger background than Lenovo, but some years ago the Chinese climbed
the PC market with the help of IBM.
Till now we didn't see how
Chinese reacts when their businesses decline.
05/26/2017 09:52:25 AM
2 Recommendations
Beijing believes that China has the complete ownership of the South China Sea.
05/25/2017 04:23:38
PM
1 Recommendation
The IPO of Saudi Aramco is
the new strategic game of the Saudis.
05/25/2017 04:05:15
PM
2 Recommendations
The majority of the profiles
of the bomb attackers are similar: extremists with roots in Muslim countries,
but who grew or work in a western country.
05/24/2017 09:59:36
PM
4 Recommendations
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SOURCES:
1) External Sources:
ICRA 2017 newsletters for the international press registered in the conference
about IEEE robotics.
2) Apple newsletters
with the announcements of WWDC 2017, San Jose, California.
3) Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times and a series of newspapers from Germany, U.K., France, Canada and Japan.
4) Own Sources: My
own research for previous publishing projects like TTT of Comlab Corp and
others.
Website: http://world-rethink.blogspot.com/
Domingo A. Trassens
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