Intute: Social Sciences Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Dr Sarah Baillie a senior lecturer in veterinary education at the Royal Veterinary College won the ‘Most Innovative Teacher of the Year’ award at the Times Higher Education Awards in 2009 for her work with haptic simulators. The Awards programme called Dr Baillie’s “Haptic Cow”: “possibly the most significant innovation in veterinary education...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Veterinarians have no choice when they need to check a cow for pregnancy or infection. The standard procedure is to stick your arm up the cow’s rectum. The technique is difficult to teach to veterinary students because, well, it’s dark in there. That’s why veterinarian and computer scientist Sarah Baillie has created the “Haptic Cow,” a [...]
KIJO (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The ‘ Haptic Cow ' recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It's for learning . Don't get any ideas . Miss Baillie's invention solves one of the biggest problems in veterinary medicine. That is, once your hand is up an cow's butt you can't really see anything you're doing. Now, with robotic organs and a monitor, she...
MacEvangelism (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The ‘Haptic Cow' may have recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award, but did she ever consider the real cow's feelings? Imagine the rush of emotions: Jealousy, relief,... 1 Vote(s)
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The ‘ Haptic Cow ' may have recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award, but did she ever consider the real cow's feelings? Imagine the rush of emotions: Jealousy, relief, maybe even arousal. Miss Baillie's invention solves one of the biggest problems in veterinary medicine. That is, once your hand is up an cow's butt you can't really see anything...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SensAble Technologies, Inc., announced that its customer, Dr. Sarah Baillie, a senior lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College in London, was named the “Most Innovative Teacher of the Year” in the United Kingdom for creating a haptically-enabled simulator that teaches veterinary students essential skills of examining a pregnant cow. The acclaimed...
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... a cow butt, no one can see what you’re doing. That’s why veterinarian and computer scientist Sarah Baillie has created the “ Haptic Cow ,” a virtual, touch-feedback device that mimics the feeling of real bovine anatomy, placed inside a fiberglass model of a cow’s rear end. “With this technology, students can feel something that feels like the inside of a real cow, but I or another...
