Emergency crews are trying to free 17 miners trapped in an elevator that stopped working at a cargill salt mine. Officials say the miners are not injured and emergency crews have made contact with them via radio. With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the operating room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . Coded and assembled the thing for a senior project. Take a look. Currently, doctors often use microscopes to do brain surgery. They have to spend up to ten hours looking into the device, often hunched over. The robot replaces all that. It uses cameras to lock on to an area of the brain, like a tumor. Video is sent back to a headset, which the surgeon can wear. The doctor can even use a special hands free controller to move the camera. Though the robot is a prototype, creators have high hopes for the future. W
With just a wave of a hand, Brain Surgeons can get some help in the opeting room. Thats all thanks a pair of university of iowa undergraduate students. Live in the newsroom this morning. Forrest, what did these students do to help surgeons . They built a robot. Three ui students coded and assembled the thing for a senior project. Take a look. Currently, doctors often use microscopes to do brain surgery. They have to spend up to ten hours looking into the device, often hunched over. The robot replaces all that. It uses cameras to lock on to an area of the brain, like a tumor. Video is sent back to a headset, which the surgeon can wear. The doctor can even use a special hands free controller to move the camera. Though the robot is a prototype, creators have high hopes for the future. Were happy with our result. T, i think that in the future, new technology is coming out all the time, i think theyll be able to modify or change Little Things about this and make it even students s t the ide
Se just before 9 pm last night. When officers arrived on scene, they didnt find any victims, and no one has come forward with injuries. But police tell us, they did find evidence of gunfire in the area. With less than 4 weeks left until the iowa caucuses, we all see the candidates flocking to iowa. Each trying to build support to get iowans to head out on february 2nd to caucus for them. Retired neurosurgeo n ben carson is making stops throughout eastern iowa today. The republican president ial candidate will meet with people at the Isaac Newton Christian academy in cedar rapids at 10 30 in the morning. And then at the National Motorcycle museum in anamosa. Thats at 12 30 pm. Jeb bush is bolstering his team by adding 100 additional people to prepare for next months caucuses. His Campaign Said the list includes current and former elected officials and other activists. The former Florida Governor is planning a Campaign Trip through iowa next week. The Iowa Republican caucuses winner in 2
Salt mine as part of their shift and didnt come back. Now a major rescue operation is under way. Emergency rescuers are on the scene trying to do all they can to get those minererout safely. This morning, emergency crews racing to free 17 miners trapped in an elevator nearly 900 feet below ground in upstate new york. Cagag is stuck 850 feet down with people on it. Reporter Asha Mckenzie a local reporter is live on the scene. The 17 miners have been trapped for more than five hours at this pointnd it all happened after a technical error with an elevator that sent the miners 900 feet underground trapping them. Reporter local fire and Police Departments scrambling to help. Manpower needed to backfill out in lancing on a rope rescue. Reporter a crane is on site to help extract the miners. It will lower a basket to carry out four to six miners at a time. Their spirits are remarkly good. Again, we have very outstanding employees. Situation. Understanding at the time it takes to approach this
Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie joins us in the studio. Jill, people involved with the project say this will mean a lot to the town. Thats right. The people behind this project say they know theres not much in garrison. So, the Library Board was determined to have a place built for kids and adults. Car nats on the quiet streets of this Small Community you wont find a lot happening. But not far from the Old Buildings on the main stretch you will find some activity with a flashing open sign. 5 48 24 we are proud of it. We are pleased we were able to get this done and do it for our community. And its no mystery as to how this Library Project got done. 5 331 it has been very fun. It has been extremely stressful the members of the Library Board made it happen. After the City Council Told them they couldnt borrow money, they decided to raise much of it themselves. 5 37 33 we also had bake sales markets, you name it we did it. They were dedicated, even when people doubted them. 5 49 01 my husband, at