Our Technical Reality
How Science Fact Moves The Venus Project Beyond Science Fiction
(D. Mallette) An argument often used against The Venus Project
is that we don't have the technology to implement our vision
that we're basing things on science fiction.
Let's put that to bed starting right now.
Energy
Olivenza Power Plant, 18MW SunPower T20 Trackers Badajoz, Spain
(Announcer) At PV Expo 2010, Kyosemi exhibited solar window glass
which generates power using spherical solar cells called Sphelar
developed by Kyosemi.
Sphelar are spherical solar cells 1.8 mm in diameter
made from solidified silicon droplets.
They can be used in various applications, including flexible solar cells
where the spheres are arranged on a soft film backing
and dome-shaped modules.
Because they are highly transparent to light
these cells are expected to be used in solar window glass.
This product uses spherical silicon solar cells
so it absorbs light from all directions to generate power.
Even if you stand it vertically, it absorbs light coming in at an angle
and light reflected from the surroundings, so it generates power.
It can also be used to generate power from the rear side
so it's effective when used as window glass.
(Announcer) It begins with the Sun.
All of the energy resources on Earth come from the Sun.
In just one second, the Sun produces more energy
that has been used by humanity through all of history.
The idea of using solar power is not new.
Unfortunately, atmospheric filtering
cloud cover, site location and the daily rotation of the Earth
severely limit the potential of ground-based solar power
but there is a way to overcome these obstacles.
By placing the solar collectors in orbit
we can capture up to 20 times the energy available on the ground.
Safe, wireless power transmission technology
then directs the power to the receiving station for use on Earth.
The combination of orbiting solar collector
and power transmission system, is called a PowerSat.
When PowerSats where first envisioned
solar cells were heavy and expensive to produce.
Over the past 30 years, technology has advanced to the point
that PowerSats are now practical.
The PowerSat is in geosynchronous orbit
so it stays in one position relative to the Earth.
The electricity is transmitted through a large array of antenna elements
to a receiving station on the ground.
The power beam is environmentally friendly.
Birds and aircrafts can fly through it with no ill effects.
The center of the beam has an energy density
about one-quarter of that of natural sunlight.
The power beam is not affected by clouds, wind, or the Earth's rotation
working equally well both day and night.
The power beam is received by a large antenna array on the ground.
The land beneath the receiver remains suitable for range or agriculture.
The received power is conditioned, then placed on the existing grid
ready to service customers.
The station you've just seen can provide power for a major metropolitan region.
It does this with no moving parts, no turbines, no reactor
no radioactive material and best of all, no fuel.
It emits no greenhouse gas and needs no coal mines or oil wells.
This is the future of energy, PowerSat.
Geothermal Energy
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NESJAVELLIR - Geothermal power plant in SW-Iceland
Borholes and Mufflers
Steam Separator Station
Pressure Regulation and emergency exhaust
Mist Eliminators
The Turbine/Generator Unit
Steam Condenser
Cooling Towers
(Announcer) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
is an innovative power generation system
that uses the slight temperature difference
between surface layer ocean water and deep ocean water.
Xenesys Inc. has acquired an exclusive license
for the patent on the "Uehara Cycle"
a cycle developed by Saga University
with higher efficiency than the conventional method
and is implementing demonstration testing
using an OTEC mini model plant.
This is the model of the ocean thermal energy
conversion system developed by Xenesys.
The operational theory for generating electricity
is similar to conventional thermal power
or nuclear power generation systems.
The turbine is generated by heated steam and
in the process ammonia is used instead of water.
By using ammonia, electricity can be generated at a very low temperature.
(Announcer) First, a mixture of ammonia and water is sent to an evaporator.
There, the mixture is evaporated by the red-colored surface layer ocean water
which then rotates the mixed steam turbine to generate electricity.
The mixed steam is then cooled and condensed to liquid
by the blue-colored deep ocean water
and then once again sent to the evaporator as recycled water.
Through the repetition of this cycle
power can be continuously generated using only ocean water.
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion system
of course outputs zero CO2 emissions
and can provide a stable annual supply of electricity
because it is not affected by weather variations
as is the case with wind power and solar power generation systems.
The OTEC system demonstrates significant potential
as an ultimate power supply system for the future.
The Portuguese government have inaugurated the world's first wave power station
3 miles off the coast of Aguçadoura near Porto.
At the heart of the Aguçadoura wave farm are 3 Pelamis wave energy converters
that will generate up to 2.25MW of electricity
enough for the annual needs of about 1,500 family homes.
Each of the semi-submerged, 142m long Pelamis devices
has a diameter of 3.5m and is made from 700 tonnes of carbon steel
A single device is composed of four articulated sections
that move up and down as the waves pass along it.
At each of the hinges between the sections, hydraulic rams use the wave motion
to drive generators to produce up to 750KW of power at peak output.
The electricity generated by the three Pelamis devices
will be carried by undersea cable to a substation in Aguçadoura
which will then feed the power into the Portuguese national grid.
(Announcer) The water of the oceans of the world is almost always in motion.
Hardly ever interrupted, waves break at the coastlines
sometimes strong, sometimes weaker.
There is an enormous energy potential
that is available round-the-clock and free of charge.
A potential, that if fully exploited could satisfy
40% of the worldwide demand for power.
This equals the output of 700 - 800 nuclear power stations.
Voith Hydro Wavegen is developing technologies
to convert this inexhaustible energy into electric power
without the emission of harmful greenhouse gases.
The operating principle of this wave power station
is as simple as it is ingenious.
An enclosed chamber has an opening beneath sea-level
which allows water to flow from the sea to the chamber and back.
The water level in the chamber rises and falls with the rhythm of the waves
and air is forced forwards and backwards through the turbine
connected to an upper opening in the chamber.
As it is compressed and decompressed
the airflow has sufficient power to drive the Wells turbine.
It is a feature of the Wells turbine
named after its inventor, that it is driven in the same direction
by both forward and reverse airflow through the turbine.
Even relatively low wave motions can generate enough airflow
to keep the turbine moving and to generate energy.
This is how easily energy can be generated with a wave power station
day and night, all year round, as long as there are waves.
The world's first power station of this kind was put in service
as early as November 2000 on the Scottish island of Islay
and has been feeding power to the grid ever since.
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10 miles off the coast
Windfarm layout
(Announcer) Earth, home to nearly 7 billion people.
As the population grows, so does the demand for power.
But in today's world, we are faced with an even greater challenge.
With concerns increasing over climate change
it is essential that we change the way we think about generating power
not only to meet the increasing demand
but to do it in a way that preserves our environment for future generations.
Introducing the Regenedyne wind turbine system.
For centuries, mankind has utilized the power of the wind
but for today's power needs, we need to bring wind power to a whole new level.
A modern marvel in engineering
which uses a unique combination of science and technology
to form an extremely efficient and powerful generator.
By comparison, it is estimated that a single Regenedyne system
can produce the power equivalent of 500 standard wind turbines.
By design, the entire site is centralized into one location
and in most configuration, a typical installation
would require approximately 100 acres of land.
This consolidation not only improves efficiency
but can also save on land resources.
A key advantage of the Regenedyne system is its use of magnetic levitation.
This allows the turbine to essentially float on a magnetic cushion of air.
By reducing resistance due to friction
the power output is increased dramatically.
The outer sails move to accomodate the wind from any direction.
These dynamic sails work to capture a larger portion of the wind
and increase the airflow into the turbine.
In the event maintenance or repair is required
additional features have been incorporated into the design
such as a helicopter landing platform and an integrated crane.
Also, the primary components are located at ground level
for improved accessibility.
With on-site power storage and conversion
the Regenedyne system is completely self-sufficient and grid-ready.
The economics of wind power have steadily improved over the years
and with the added benefit of being a domestically produced energy source
this new wind power plant competes favorably
against other forms of power generation.
Global demand for electricity is increasing exponentially
and as we approach the limits of fossil fuel consumption
wind power has regained global interest as a safe
cost effective and renewable energy source.
Regenedyne is committed to leading the industry and the world
in changing the way we create power going forward.
(Reporter) Seldom has the unveiling of a grey box the size of a parking space
been surrounded by such hype.
It's my baby. Isn't she beautiful?
- Its inventor says what's inside the box
can supply the world with clean, cheap energy.
The core of our technology simply, is sand.
- The sand is the raw material used to make these wafers
that can make electricity.
What I want to introduce to you, the Bloom energy fuel cell.
- Bloom's fuel cell works like this: Oxygen is pumped in
on one side, natural gas on the other.
The two combine inside the cell to create a chemical reaction that produces electricity
no burning, no combustion, no power lines from outside.
This particular device
way back, John, you remember. Vinod, you remember, 5 Watts.
There's a Moore's law equivalent. I don't know what that is yet.
We will tell you in a few years.
Today it produces 25 Watts
enough for a light bulb.
Two years from now, stay tuned.
You take a bunch of these together
and you put them together in what we call a 'stack'.
Think of this as a chip in your computer.
If this were the microprocessor in your computer
this would power an average US home
24/7, 365. All your energy needs, average US home.
You take a bunch of these stacks, put them together in a box
about the size of a refrigerator
and that's enough to power a small Starbucks coffee shop.
You take four of those 25 KW together
and put them in a box
affectionately called the Bloom Box now
about the size of a parking lot
(We would prefer you call it the Bloom Energy Server.)
about the size of a parking space
and that can power a small supermarket.
You need more power? You do exactly what you do in a data center.
You have multiple servers, and as your computing need increases
you keep adding the servers. You just cluster them.
We just cluster our boxes
to add to the power that you need to meet your energy needs.
Agriculture
(Reporter) Imagine a world where the weather didn't matter
a world where you could grow tomatoes, lettuce
and a whole host of other fruits and vegetables
even when it's 30 below. Welcome to Ted Marchildon's World.
We can be indoors, so you could set this like clockwork
and it's high noon all day, every day, 24/7.
- In Ted's world, plants aren't affected by drought
cold or any other plight affecting farmers today.
Unlike a greenhouse, he doesn't need daylight or much space.
Ted calls this the future of farming.
- Everybody's moving into the cities.
50% of the population in North America is in the cities.
They figure this is going to go up to 80%.
We've stacked up people but we have not stacked up farming.
- Plants are grown in these stacked up, slow-rotating cylinders.
Using a cylinder means each plant is bathed in equal light.
If the plants were laid out flat, he'd have to use six times more light.
The moving cylinders have another benefit as well.
- Plants are trying to right themselves against gravity
whenever they're not perpendicular to the ground
so if you turn a tomato plant on its side, a nice, pliable week-old tomato plant
it will make a 90 degree turn back up against gravity in 15 minutes.
- Here's the really cool part. Ted says because the plants
are constantly turning in the cylinder, they're always fighting against gravity.
That constant battle forces extra nutrients sub-stem
making bigger, stronger, faster growing plants.
- We've noticed as much as a factor five increase
in the growth rate of the plants
versus something that's just sitting stagnant, even with the same conditions.
We did Romaine lettuce. The seed packets said 60-75 days
and we were done in 15 days.
- He says he uses about 1% of the water used on a field farm
and far less space.
- If you give me a 10-story building with an acre of footprint
my calculations are I can turn that into about 400 acres
of field farm production equivalency.
- Ted says farmers could potentially grow fields of food anywhere.
Robotic Pickers and Planters
ULTra Transportation
(Announcer) ULTra stands for Urban Light Transit
a new concept in travel for the 21st century.
12 years in development, ULTra brings a fresh approach
to traffic congestion and pollution, responding to the needs of passengers.
It's quick, comfortable and convenient.
ULTra is an automated transit system using many four-person
zero emission, electric vehicles.
ULTra gets you to your destination faster than a car
and avoids parking hassles.
ULTra is well-suited to serve offices and airports
blending in easily with modern architecture.
ULTra makes transit and carpooling more effective
connecting a single train station to 30,000 desks.
Stations are on a separate track from the main track
so that stopped vehicles do not interfere
with the free flow of passing traffic.
With ULTra, you don't wait for vehicles. Vehicles wait for you.
Modern communications and location sensing technology
allow vehicles to run at precisely controlled intervals
creating a high-capacity system.
Moving smoothly and silently, the battery powered vehicles are safe and reliable
travelling up to three times faster than a car.
PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) allows complex transit networks
weaving tracks around buildings with tight turns
bringing transit right to the front door, placing many stations close together.
Tracks don't have to go simply in a straight line.
The network accommodates non-stop, point-to-point
direct service to all stations every time.
ULTra stations can be located adjacent to buildings or even directly on the second floor
further increasing convenience.
At high capacity locations, ULTra stations have correspondingly more vehicle births
and more efficient vehicle choreography.
ULTra is easy to use. After making your choice
ULTra will take you there non-stop.
The vehicles allow easy access for bikes and wheelchairs
with plenty of space for people, backpacks and briefcases.
London's Heathrow Airport will host the world's first ULTra system.
Construction at Heathrow has already begun.
ULTra is transit for a sustainable future.
Public Test for Stanford Robo-Car San Francisco Chronicle
(Reporter) Here's a car that really puts the auto back into automobile.
It's a 2006 VW Passat
and it's moving around this parking lot without a driver.
No human is inside it, and no one is steering it by remote control.
Nicknamed 'Junior'
this robot car probes its environment with rotating laser scanners
which paint a 360-degree image of the surroundings, 10 times a second.
Then Junior decides for himself, using artificial intelligent software
running on powerful computers, just how best to proceed
along the route that has been assigned to him.
Sebastian Thrun leads the Stanford Engineering Team
that's teaching Junior how to drive.
We have to build cars that can understand the world, that can understand other vehicles
sense them, perceive them, make predictions and interact with them.
We have to understand if we come to a stop sign
that the other car might be there first.
It might want to go first. There are certain rules that govern regular traffic.
We have to be able to adhere to these rules and to make machines
that replicate human thinking in that specific domain.
- Watching Junior's every move is a group of inspectors
from the government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
They're the serious looking guys in the white shirts.
They've come to Mountain View to evaluate Junior
to test its ability to maneuver in city street conditions
along a course laid out on a parking lot at Shoreline Amphitheater.
Stanford won't know until August
but if Junior performs to the DARPA judges' satisfaction
the team can advance to the next round in DARPA's urban challenge
when, on Nov. 3, as many as 20 robot-car building teams
will compete for a $2,000,000 grand prize.
For the most part, Junior ran his routes without a problem
but at one point, he simply stopped and refused to go around a parked car.
Apparently, his computer brain was programmed with a little too much caution.
After finishing the other tests, DARPA let Team Stanford and Junior
have another go at it.
Again, as he approached the parked car, Junior stopped
and seemed to give the situation careful thought.
This time, however, a more confident Junior
drove right around the stopped vehicle.
After his test-drives were over
Junior got rock star treatment from the media.
OK, so this is Junior.
(Reporter) Sebastian Thrun, clearly pleased with Junior's performance
showed off the car's main features.
- It's equipped for driving by a computer.
First you see the trunk is full of computers.
We can open it for you for a second.
You see a computer system where the trunk usually is.
There's a big computer station here. There's a GPS system over here
a connection hub over here, a power control box over here
and this box is the interface to the car itself.
This box talks to the car and lets us, by computer
actuate things like steering, brake, gas and throttle.
Also important is the perception of the vehicle, so you see down here
sensors on the wheel over here. These guys over here slightly dusty
are sensors, and they are able to perceive the environment
and build a model inside the vehicle as to what the environment looks like.
The last important thing is when you get inside the driver's cabin
this looks very much just like a very normal driver cabin
except there's a few extra switches and these are the switches
where you go from human control to computer control.
When you flip those, the car drives itself and you have multiple switches
for things like the gear box, throttle, turn signals, etc.
That, all together, is the car.
The last thing that I can't show you is called software.
What really drives this machine is not the hardware.
It's the smart systems, the computer programs. It's the artificial intelligence.
That's what this car does exceptionally well.
(Reporter) For Stanford's autonomous vehicle team
this project is about something much more audacious
than winning big prize money in the DARPA challenge.
After all, that's something they've already done back in 2005.
For them, it's really about building the future.
I am very confident that at some point during my lifetime
we're going to see cars that drive themselves. I'll have a button in my car
that says "Bring me home to my garage".
I can fall asleep; it's going to drive me home. We'll be better off
because every year in this nation, we kill
something like 42,000 people in traffic accidents
mostly because of human error.
If we can make cars safer, if they can drive themselves
we can make blind people drive, we can make old people drive
that otherwise couldn't drive anymore, children, or me, when I'm fatigued
or, God forbid, had a beer too much after a night in the pub.
I think there's so many benefits of this technology. It'll be great to have.
A short ceremony was held at the newly built Wuhan Railway Station
to launch the official start of China's first high-speed passenger railway.
The service links Wuhan, the capitol city of Hubei province
and Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province
cutting travel time between the two cities from 10 to 3 hours.
Wuhan's TV-reporter, Hu Li was there.
I'm right now standing on the number one platform
of the newly built Wuhan Railway Station.
About 3 minutes later, I will get on the first train
of the Wuhan to Guangzhou Express Railway with 1200 passengers
to Guangzhou, a city 1068 km away from here.
With a 3-hour journey, let's experience China's first high-speed railway together.
(D. Mallette) The ride will be somewhat like this.
For those of us in America, 385 km/h
is about 240 mph
and this is about 267 mph.
It's 11:15 Beijing time and we've arrived at the Guangzhou North Railway Station
passing through 20 cities, over 600 bridges and through 200 tunnels
which I think is kind of feeling like flying with your feet on the ground.
The trip was pleasant and unveiled a brand new page on China's railway network
not only because of its latest technology
longest mileage, or fastest speed
but also the overall improvement of China's railway network.
Hu Li and Lee Jing for CCTV International, from Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
(D. Mallette) As you can see by this article in Popular Science
the vacuum tube train, a 4000 mph magnetically levitated train
could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London
in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference.
It's not impossible. Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels
concluding they are feasible, although expensive.
Shanghai is running mag-lev trains to its airports
but supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air
and therefore, air friction from the train's path.
A vacuum would also save the tunnel from the destructive effects of a sonic boom
which, unchecked, could potentially rip the tunnel apart.
As you can see, the technology exists
to even go 4000 mph in a train.
Biomechanics: Medical Robotics
(Reporter) This is Quebec City in Canada.
It's about as French as you can get without actually being in France.
If you're walking around taking in the sights
it pays to speak a bit of the language
so here goes: Mettre un pied devant l'autre.
In English, that's: Just put one foot in front of the other
meaning the task at hand is quite simple.
For some people, even the natural act of walking
can be an everyday challenge.
(Reporter) Simon Bouchard is a 27-year-old Ph.D student.
In 1998, he was diagnosed with cancer in his left leg.
Despite a bone graft, the cancer returned
and 3 years ago, he lost his leg at the knee.
Like many amputees, he now walks with the aid of a prosthetic limb
but his is unique.
You see, it has a brain.
Artificial intelligence to be exact
and it does everything his right leg tells it to do.
Here's how it works. Step 1:
Wireless sensors (excuse me, mate)
transmit information from the sound leg
to the bionic leg.
Step 2: That information is then processed
by software embedded in here.
It interprets Simon's intentions and creates movement
based on the action of his sound leg.
Step 3: A naturally-balanced walk.
(Reporter) Standard artificial legs, known as passive prosthetics
have limited joint movement, which simply respond to pressure placed on them.
You can see in the front-on shot on the left
that Simon's action is not smooth.
But when Simon is wearing the bionic leg, his gait is more natural.
The battery-driven motors are providing the propulsion
and the sophisticated joints provide more shock absorption.
Because the bionic leg is doing all the work
there's less wear and tear where the leg joins his knee
a common and potentially serious problem with passive prosthetics.
The brains behind the brain behind the leg is Stéphane Bédard
founder and Executive Vice-President of Victhom Human Bionics.
I can show here the frame of the prosthesis
and it's a very simple frame.
We have worked a lot on that
because the weight of the prosthesis was a very important feature
because we wanted to achieve the same weight of a natural leg
which is around 4, 4.2 or 4.5 kilograms.
(Reporter) It's a two part system.
A pad in Simon's right shoe monitors movement and pressure
making up to 1300 calculations per second.
This data is collected by a sensor on Simon's right ankle
which sends the information wirelessly to software
embedded in the bionic leg.
Actions like walking or climbing stairs are usually repetitive ones
so the information enables the motorized bionic leg
to replicate the action and the speed of the sound leg.
In practice, that means Simon can tackle
everyday obstacles you and I take for granted.
With the earlier leg, I have to climb this way:
one step at a time or two.
- You'd have to pull the other leg up. - Yes
but [now] I can do it the normal way, like this.
- That's fantastic, isn't it? - Yes, it's...
- It's a really natural gait down. - Yes!
It takes a bit of practice, but it's more comfortable.
(Reporter) Simon just needs to remember to start any new action
like climbing a stair, with his right foot
so the left one can then learn it.
Simon was one of about 20 who took part in the trials over 18 months.
He's been using his bionic leg full time for the past 6 months.
For Stéphane and his team, getting the leg ready for human use
has been a long process.
It took 15 years to design the artificial intelligence software
and the hardware to carry it around.
The team built this robotic simulator to help develop
the most life-like prosthesis before trialing on amputees.
(S. Bouchard) One interesting thing about this bionic leg
it's a finished product. It's something complete
but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
- Yes. - And really
I'm eager to see what it will do in the future.
(Reporter) Hailed as the world's first bionic fingers
they've been built by British scientists.
The technology really is amazing.
The folks at Touch Bionics tell me that it's only going to get better
and I can't even imagine anything more awesome than this.
(Reporter) Eric Jones is one of the patients who'd been testing them out
in the trial stages.
(E. Jones) I can do things a lot faster:
I can fold laundry faster
I can pick things up and walk around
I can pick up my kid's lego.
(Reporter) They've been built by Touch Bionics, the same West Lothian firm
which produced the bionic i-LIMB hand.
Those fitted with the device will be able to bend, touch, pick up and point.
The firm's marketing director, Philip Newman
says it has the potential to transform the lives
of thousands of people with missing digits.
The feedback has been fantastic. We've actually fit
over 30 people now with ProDigit as a solution
and we're finding now that we've learned from the early stages
of those fittings with control strategies
coverings and all of the things you expect when you're in early-stage technology
but we've spent a lot of time working with patients
and other clinical professionals and we're very comfortable
with the solution that ProDigit now represents.
(Reporter) The ProDigits are custom-made and fitted onto what remains of the hand.
Sensors register muscle signals from the residual finger or palm.
One of the things that makes them special is their ability to grip
without crushing an object.
(Announcer) WakeMed's new daVinci Si HD
is the latest in robotics surgery technology.
The HD video provides highly accurate depth perception.
Instruments that move with the physician's finger tips
enable flexibility and precision during surgery.
This video, taken during a training session
demonstrates the agility of the instruments
and the ability to work in small spaces. Note the dime for scale.
How will the daVinci Si affect the types of procedures provided?
We've had 3 ENTs done here already.
We've just received approval from the FDA for head and neck surgery
so trans-oral surgery, instead of mandibulotomy
where they open patients in their jaw
we actually do it through the mouth, with no incisions;
thyroid surgery through the transaxillary area approach
instead of a neck incision.
Those are two recent FDA approvals
for which we've had faculty physicians down here
looking at the system and seeing the benefits.
What are the daVinci's benefits for our patients?
Less invasive, obviously much less invasive than a mandibulotomy.
They go home sooner, shorter hospital stay
better recovery, less pain.
The list is endless about how the patient benefits.
My name is Walt Hunt.
I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
I was not waiting and watching
and observing the cancer over a period of time was not an option
due to the aggressive nature of the particular cancer that I have.
I needed to make a decision
to attack it head-on
either through surgery or through radiation treatment.
After careful research, Walt decided to undergo a robotic prostatectomy
a surgical procedure that utilizes new, cutting-edge medical technology
at University of New Mexico Hospitals.
The da Vinci Surgical System is the first-of-its-kind surgical robot in New Mexico.
(Surgeon) Using my thumb and index fingers
to direct the robotic arms
which are about 10 feet away from me
(I'm sitting about 10 feet away from the patient right now).
Using my thumb and index finger
I can direct the robotic arms to move in different directions.
The advantage here is that I am able to...
I'm able to perform an operation with a greater degree of dexterity
and a greater degree of precision than we can with open surgery.
This is through very small incisions.
There are a number of them. I think I have a total of 6
in 3 areas in my stomach, but they're very small
and the overall recovery time
from this minimally invasive procedure
has been very fast.
(Surgeon) I have to say, I like this 3D image.
When you can do a finer operation
the real advantage comes to the patient.
They tend to have less blood loss. They tend to recover very quickly
and they tend to be able to leave the hospital
usually in the next day or the day after.
It's two-and-a-half weeks ago
and I'm pretty much back to normal.
When robotics surgery was introduced not a long time ago
in a standard laparoscopy that we've done before
that allows me to do more complicated cases or surgeries
in a less dramatic way so the patients can go home the same day
and go back to their normal functioning faster
with less expenses and pain, for sure.
This is the newest technology out there.
We've been doing it here for almost a year and it's been very successful.
We can do hysterecomies.
We can do adnexal mass, pelvic masses removal.
We can do adhesions if a patient has a lot of adhesions.
Myomectomy, if they have fibroids, we take the fibroids out.
In pelvic floor reconstructions something called sacrocolpopexy.
It simulates what you do in an open case
with making small incisions in your abdomen.
That's the biggest benefit and patients can go home literally the same day
and they've been doing great.
I had a patient who went to Disney 10 days after her complete hysterectomy.
She was doing these roller-coasters and she was doing great.
If a patient was not exposed to robotic surgery
and had a simple hysterectomy like the old-fashioned
it would be through an incision through the abdomen
so she would stay 3 days in the hospital in pain
she would stay 6 weeks out of work in pain
and with lots of scars and complications to follow.
That would be completely avoided with human-robotic surgeries.
(D. Mallette) The next time someone says the vision of The Venus Project
is science fiction, show them this video.
The technology we have today is amazing.
I can only imagine what it'll be like in the future
under the freedom of a Resource-Based Economy.
Make sure to visit The Venus Project online to learn more
about how the future can be for Mankind
if we only take the actions necessary to make it a reality.
Join The Zeitgeist Movement, the advocacy arm of The Venus Project
where citizens of the world are coming together
to make this un-sane world sane.
Thank you.
Our Technical Reality
How Science Fact Moves The Venus Project Beyond Science Fiction.
By Douglas Mallette, Youtube's TZMSocialEvolution