How can medical students practice surgery without placing patients at risk? Stanford surgeons and computer scientists are working together to create a hands-on surgical simulator with an incredibly realistic sense of touch.

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VIDEO: The human body is accompanied by a mind and many would say a soul, but it is fundamentally a machine. And so, Professor Scott Delp reasoned several years ago, it should be simulated on a computer, yielding new insights that doctors and researchers could use to help the disabled, the elderly and even healthy athletes move better.

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