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besides AI and such, and trains and such, and moon buggies and farming / mining the moon, 5G is another arena worth watch & brief
the 5-eyes / forked-tongues and pole climbers and such, try as they may, and have, shall likely fail, against Huawei even if they should execute the daughter for drug smuggling
China Performs First 5G Remote SurgeryThe operation was performed from a distance of 30 miles using a 5G connection with a latency of just 100 milliseconds. An unlucky laboratory animal successfully had its liver removed by a robot under the control of the surgeon. Matthew Humphries
To perform surgery remotely, four things are required: a patient, a surgeon, a robot, and a very fast and bulletproof internet connection. Three of those four are relatively easy to find, and 5G is promising to provide the fourth as remote surgery on a laboratory animal in China just proved. As Ubergizmo reports, a surgeon in the southeastern province of Fujian in China performed surgery on a laboratory animal roughly 30 miles away. The link was created using a 5G network, with the latency thought to be only 100 milliseconds, or around 0.1 seconds. The surgery performed involved removing the animal's liver, which was completed successfully.
The big advantage of using a 5G network for remote surgery is the reduced latency it offers. The lower the latency, the more responsive the surgery robot will be to the surgeon's actions tens or hundreds of miles away. That in turn reduces the chances of mistakes being made and allows the surgeon to work as if they are actually present in the same room.
Due to the equipment upgrades required to get a real 5G network operating, developed nations will gain access to it first. However, that will still allow surgeons the flexibility of being able to operate anywhere in the US or across Europe while remaining in the comfort of their own lab. And once 5G is more readily available, it will allow for surgeons to be on hand during disaster situations simply by deploying robots to the location.
