Super Monkey Ball saves lives

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Super Monkey Ball saves lives
by Ellie Gibson Ellie Gibson
25/05/2006 11:28

A new study has revealed that surgeons could perform better if they enjoy a quick gaming session before entering the operating theatre.

According to CNN, more than 300 surgeons took part in the study, which was conducted by the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Some of the surgeons were asked to play Super Monkey Ball for 20 minutes before performing a surgical drill, while others went straight into the operation without a warm up.
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Researchers discovered that those who had played the game completed the procedure 11 seconds faster than those who hadn't, on average. And what's more, they made fewer mistakes.

The man behind the study, Dr James "Butch" Rosser, is hoping to develop a simulator to help train surgeons. He wants to clamp down on medical errors, which contribute to an estimated 100,000 deaths a year in the US. "We can't practice on patients," Rosser said reassuringly.

Why he doesn't just make them all play Trauma Center is anyone's guess.


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Also, as regards random trivia...
<ul>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510449/09272005/id_0.jhtml
"...The team gets a lot of credit from Miyamoto, who points out that even conceiving the character's name was a group effort. The character was initially called "Jump Man" when he made his debut as the player-controlled protagonist in 1981's "Donkey Kong." Nintendo had warehoused the first American copies of the "Donkey Kong" arcade game in New York. "Apparently the landlord of the warehouse in New York had a striking resemblance to the character that we had designed in Japan for the game," said Miyamoto. The New York-based Nintendo players took note. "They kept calling him Mario, and eventually we made that the formal name of the character..."</ul>
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i cut the universe
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