CIS news

• New needle steering system from UTwente
• CMU proud about the US launch of the Flex system
• Kings College NOTES system
• A great review of recent NOTES robots
• Patent on hand tracking with the da Vinci
• The da Vinci S will be decommissioned in 2017
• Updates on the "Robin Heart PortVisionAble" system
• Robotic MRI-compatible biopsy technology presented at teh BEST course
• Designing surgical robots

• NASA develops new 3D camera for brain surgery applications
• STAR project - Augmented reality telementoring
• Yet another medical robotics market analysis 
• Call for Papers in JMRR:  Special Issue: Robot-assisted Surgery and Therapy 
• SIEMENS has sold over 500 Artis Zeegos by now
• Let us 3D print ribs!