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wired.com - 19 days ago
Vet School 2.0: Stick Your Hand Up a Cow Butt
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Apparently, in order to check if a cow is sick or pregnant, you have to stick your arm up its butt. And we're told having the right touch is both important (well, yeah) and difficult. So a vet-turned-computer-scientist designed the Haptic Cow to give students a virtual butt to practice on.

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Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes [Caption Contest]
Gizmodo — ... with robotic organs and a monitor, she can teach students exactly what they should (and definitely should not) be grabbing. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It's only for learning. Don't get any ideas. On a related note, Miss Baillie claims she is also working on a 'Haptic Horse.' Kent Smith may well have some ideas for her, as evidenced by this September Photoshop Contest entry: If you'd like to be put in touch, Miss Baille, please let me know. [Wired] ...

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GMSV — Off Topic Posted by Susan Steade on November 9th, 2009 at 6:05 am | Categorized as Off Topic Start your workweek with creepy-but-funny  talking foods ; the happiest  jump-roping video ever; a 21st-century guide to Gopherspace ;  and the Virtual Cow Butt . Share/Save/Bookmark Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via RSS Reader Subscribe to the GMSV Newsletter Get this Widget [image] Add this content to your site Tag Cloud ...

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