hospital systems (one in Florida and the other in Pennsylvania) are letting their patients see their doctors by telepresence at nearby local facilities using InTouch's robots and other telepresence technology thereby making in unnecessary to drive to a big city university hospital. Virtual tutoring was presented - in which an amazing feat of software was shown - superimposing the consulting surgeon's hands over the view of the actual surgery so that it could be seen and discussed by both the consulting and on-site physicians. Robots were used to provide admitting and initial diagnosis -- one system actually has a 7 pm to 7 am robot shift. Nurses commented that by using the robots they could quickly get nighttime help and, because of the cameras and two-way dialogue capabilities, there has been no disagreement about what is seen by each of the various people involved. A survey at one hospital utilizing InTouch robots showed a reduction of length-of-stay by 1+ days, the average patient census was down by 1, and there was an increase in cases by 9. In a couple of presentations, a mobile robot was hooked up to the ballroom speaker system when the speaker had to be in two places at the same time. One doctor was a team physician for an Olympic soccer team in London; another missed a plane and was using his laptop at the airport to operate the robot on the stage. There was one testimonial after another -- and that was before the