The thing that everyone seems to be missing is that this will lead to parallelism and miniturisation.  One day we will get to the point where pinpoint sized cameras and auto suturers will be able to stitch up incisions without scars.  And maybe a few decades after that we will get surgery at the cellular level.  Imagine a robotic surgical tool that only cuts tumour and can avoid non cancerous cells and membranes.<p>&quot;Intel Inside&quot;