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First robot, networked tablets head to West Africa to fight Ebola
2014-11-26 22:32:03| Wireless - Topix.net
The first robot and networked tablets are making their way today to an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, where they will give aid workers their first chance at sharing data about the deadly outbreak. Debbie Theobald, co-founder and executive director of Cambridge, Mass.-based Vecna Cares left on a flight to Monrovia, Liberia Tuesday night, taking the company's own CliniPaktablets, a robot and the technology needed to set up a local area wireless network.
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