This week's question: Researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins have trained robots to perform basic surgical tasks — such as suturing wounds with needle and thread — with all the skills of a human doctor. If a TV network were to create a medical drama about a hospital with an all-robot staff, what title should it give the series?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "St. Software"
Mike Reiss, New York City
SECOND PLACE: "Grey's Automaton"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
THIRD PLACE: "Nip/Tech"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Robo-Op"
Julio Suarez, Plano, Texas
"HAL-Practice"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"iRobot, uPatient"
Janet Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa
"Marcus WALL-E, M.D."
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"The Doctor Will C++ You Now"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"Dr. Tin, Medicine Man"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"ER2-D2"
John R. Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
"Generated Hospital"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Hawkeye, A.I."
Ron Bruns, Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Tronsplant"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"A.I.C.U."
Steve Bruchey, Hillsborough, New Jersey