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They did not do surgery on a banana over 5G
- thedrbrian 3y agoNo shit.
- ramenmeal 3y agoEven if this "surgery" took place in California, and the "surgeon" was the UK, and 5G was involved, wouldn't it still via fiber? I feel like I'm missing something with these claims, are they saying they'll use 5g at the nodes, instead of some other wireless tech?
- blitzar 3y agoIn the UK they will happily claim it is "Fiber Optic internet" if there is a bit of glass somewhere in the connection, anywhere, including windows on the building.
- supertrope 3y agoYes. For anything this critical there’s probably multiple fiber connections and a backup on site surgeon. Telemedicine is still very limited. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-most-remote-emergency-room/2019/11/16/717d08e2-063e-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-most-remote-emer...
- ahoka 3y agoI remember this one popping up on LinkedIn. I pointed out that 5G or not, speed of light is a thing and makes this claim unlikely. People called me names…
- jayGlow 3y agothe speed of light mostly irrelevant at that distance, ping time from London to California is about 300 ms. wouldn't be great for gaming but i doubt it would cause issues with a robotic surgery.
- thorum 3y ago5G surgery has been done, though: https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/industry-insights/outlook/mobile-broadband/wireless-for-sustainability/cases/worlds-first-remote-operation-using-5g-surgery https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/industry-insights/outlo...