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Top 10 Star Wars Medical TechnologiesChris Newmarker and Brian BuntzUpdated December 16, 2015Star Wars fervor is peaking with the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ll have to wait to see how many people dress as Jedi Knights and Wookiees on December 18, when the seventh Star Wars feature film is released in the United States. In the meantime, the uptick in popularity provides a great reminder of the volume of medical technologies featured in the series. In a galaxy far, far, away, it was no big deal to lose a limb, or to be frozen in carbonite and survive the ordeal.In the following slides, we highlight 10 medical technologies featured in the original three Star Wars films. We also invite you to pick your favorite in a poll. Wherever possible, we’ll showcase how the technologies in the film have either inspired real-world medical technologies or at least anticipated them.Continue >>Learn more about cutting-edge medical devices at MD&M West, February 9–11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Brian Buntz is the editor-in-chief of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @brian_buntz. Chris Newmarker is senior editor of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @newmarkerLike what you’re reading? Subscribe to our daily e-newsletter.
Top 10 Star Wars Medical Technologies
Chris Newmarker and Brian Buntz
Updated December 16, 2015
Star Wars fervor is peaking with the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ll have to wait to see how many people dress as Jedi Knights and Wookiees on December 18, when the seventh Star Wars feature film is released in the United States. In the meantime, the uptick in popularity provides a great reminder of the volume of medical technologies featured in the series. In a galaxy far, far, away, it was no big deal to lose a limb, or to be frozen in carbonite and survive the ordeal.
In the following slides, we highlight 10 medical technologies featured in the original three Star Wars films. We also invite you to pick your favorite in a poll. Wherever possible, we’ll showcase how the technologies in the film have either inspired real-world medical technologies or at least anticipated them.
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Learn more about cutting-edge medical devices at MD&M West, February 9–11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. |
Brian Buntz is the editor-in-chief of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @brian_buntz. Chris Newmarker is senior editor of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @newmarker
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