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"Read everything, listen to everybody, don’t trust anything unless you can prove it with your own research."
William Cooper


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
Adolph Hitler
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...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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"Read everything, listen to everybody, don’t trust anything unless you can prove it with your own research."
William Cooper


Short version:

Trust, but verify --- Ronald Regan





"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for
GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'

Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'

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Short version:

Trust, but verify --- Ronald Regan



Quote, but spell check --- Tommy


Long version:

Nancy? Where is my nose? Caspar has my nose.
Caspar Weinberger came in and grabbed my nose between two of his knuckles and proudly proclaimed GOT YOUR NOSE!
I found it quite funny at the time, and giggled uncontrollably, but he was called away before he could restore it, and now I have no nose!
Tell him I want it back before my mid-day nap.


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Trust, but verify --- Ronald Regan
Reagan Lying: Arms for Hostages

Watch Reagan and Lying: Arms for Hostages on PBS. See more from American Experience.



The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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interesting considering this was written long before he was shot!!!!


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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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so was this guy a lunatic or did he write all this knowing he would be killed in the end?
i only bring this up because i know TWO people who have a confirmed piece of 'something' implanted in them and say they were abducted by ailiens. I gotta say....i thought they were lune's, and maybe they are....but their stories match this article. i met these folks almost 20 years ago.   and these 2 folks were both 'normal'  up until this point in their lives....then they both became on the verge of nervous breakdowns. They kept saying that 'no one would believe them'!!! they were middle aged with kids...no drugs....no alchohol....good jobs blah blah blah.


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ON MAJORITY
© Copyright 1989 By Milton William Cooper
All Rights Reserved

YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO QUOTE FROM THIS INFORMATION IN PRESS RELEASES,
PERIODICALS, AND SPEECHES.



This file contain the absolute true information regarding the alien
presence on earth and the US Governments involvement with the aliens.
This file contains only the information as I saw it and only my
information. It does not contain any information from any other source.
It was necessary for me to issue the information previous to this
release in a manner which would deceive the Government until someone
was able to independently confirm my identity, my employment, my
service record, my intelligence background, the identity of the person
to which I gave the information to in 1972, his acknowledgment of the
information and when it was given to him, that the information is
correct, that I have not seen him since 1974, and that I have not
communicated with him in any form since 1976. This was necessary
because this file is my death warrant if MJ-12 continues to operate in
a manner consistent with its history.

All in the last paragraph has been independently verified by 2
different people who have no connection with each other. I will only
list one for obvious reasons.

Tony Pelham, Journalist
Las Vegas Bullet, (Newspap
er) 300 West Boston
Las Vegas, Nevada 89102

The original information that I first released was not much different
than what you will find here. Only some names were different and just
enough (I hoped) to convince MJ-12 and MAJI that I was not a threat
long enough to have independent verification of the facts before I
risked death. I wish to make it absolutely clear that I do not consider
myself a hero. I believe that most of you would do the same thing if
you knew the truth. I gave an oath that I would uphold and protect the
Constitution of the United States of America and I take that oath very
seriously. I am doing no more now than I did when I fought in Vietnam.
I am doing my duty.

Please make copies of this file and send it to your Congressman, your
Senator, the Attorney General of the United States, and to the Supreme
Court. Send it also to everyone you know. Attach copies of the Bill
English file and John Lears file. Send anything else you may have which
tends to support this information.

I, Milton William Cooper, 1311 S. Highland #205, Fullerton, California,
92632, (714) 680-9537, do solemnly swear that the information contained
in this file is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I swear
that I saw this information in 1972 in the performance of my duties as
a member of the Intelligence Briefing Team of the Commander In Chief of
the Pacific Fleet as a Petty Officer in the US Navy. I swear that I
underwent hypnotic regression in order to make the information as
accurate as possible. I swear that I can and will take a lie detector
test or any other test by any reputable persons choosing in order to
confirm thisinformation. I swear that I can and will undergo hypnotic
regression conducted by any reputable and qualified Doctor of any
reputable persons choosing in order to confirm this information. I will
not, however submit to any test or hypnosis by anyone who is now or has
ever been connected with the Government in any capacity for obvious
reasons.

The following is brief listing of everything that I personally saw and
know from 1972 and does not contain any input from any other source
whatsoever.

"MAJESTY" was listed as the code word for the President of the United
States for communications concerning this information.

"OPERATION MAJORITY" is the name of the operation responsible for every
aspect, project and consequence of alien presence on earth.

"GRUDGE" Contains sixteen volumes of documented information collected
from the beginning of the United States investigation of Unidentified
Flying Objects (UFO's) and Identified Alien Craft (IAC). The project
was funded by CIA confidential funds (non-appropriated) and money from
the illicit drug trade. Participation in the illegal drug trade was
justified in that it would identify and eliminate the weak elements of
our society. The purpose of project GRUDGE was to collect all
scientific, technological, medical and intelligence information from
UFO/IAC sightings and contacts with alien life forms. This orderly file
of collected information has been used to advance the United States
Space Program.

"MJ-12" is the name of the secret control group. President Dwight D.
Eisenhower commissioned a secret society known as THE JASON SOCIETY
(JASON SCHOLARS) to sift through all the facts, evidence, technology,
lies and deception and find the truth of the alien question. The
society was made up of 32 of the most prominent men in the country in
1972 and the top 12 members were designated MJ-12. MJ-12 has total
control of everything. They are designated by the code J-1, J-2, J-3,
etc. all the way through the members of the JASON SOCIETY. The director
of the CIA was appointed J-1 and is the Director of MJ-12. MJ-12 is
responsible only to the President.

MJ-12 runs most of the world's illegal drug trade. This was done to
hide funding and thus keep the secret from the Congress and the people
of the United States. It was justified in that it would identify and
eliminate the weak elements of our society. The cost of funding the
alien connected projects is higher than anything you can imagine. MJ-12
assassinated President Kennedy when he informed them that he was going
to tell the public all the facts of the alien presence. He was killed
by the Secret Service agent driving his car and it is plainly visible
in the film held from public view. A secret meeting place was
constructed for MJ-12 in MARYLAND and it is described as being
accessible only by air. It contains full living, recreational and other
facilities for MJ-12 and the JASON SOCIETY. It is code-named "THE
COUNTRY CLUB". Only those persons with a TOP SECRET/MAJIC security
clearance are allowed to go there.

"MAJI" is the MAJORITY AGENCY FOR JOINT INTELLIGENCE. All information,
disinformation, and intelligence is gathered and evaluated by this
agency . This agency is responsible for all disinformation and operates
in conjunction with the CIA, NSA, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
This is a very powerful organization and all alien projects are under
its control. MAJI is responsible only to MJ-12.

"SIGMA" is the project which first established communications with the
aliens and is still responsible for communications.

"PLATO" is the project responsible for Diplomatic relations with the
aliens. This project secured a formal treaty (illegal under the
Constitution) with the aliens. The terms were that the aliens would
give us technology. In return "we" agreed to keep their presence on
earth a secret, not to interfere in any way with their actions, and to
allow them to abduct humans and animals. The aliens agreed to furnish
MJ-12 with a list of abductees on a periodic basis.

"MAJIC" is the security classification and clearance of all
alien-connected material, projects and information. "MAJIC" means MAJI
Controlled.

"AQUARIUS" is a project which compiled the history of alien presence
and their interaction with Homo Sapiens upon this planet for the last
25,000 years and culminating with the Basque people who live in the
mountainous country on the border of France, Spain and the Syrians.

"GARNET" is the project responsible for control of all information and
documents regarding this subject and accountability of the information
and these documents.

"PLUTO" is a project to evaluate all UFO/IAC information pertaining to
space technology.

"POUNCE" is the project formed to recover all downed/crashed craft and
aliens.

"REDLIGHT" is the project to test-fly recovered alien craft. It is
conducted at AREA 51 (DREAMLAND) in Nevada. It was aided when the
aliens gave us craft and helped us fly them. The initial project was
somewhat successful in that we flew a recovered craft but it blew up in
the air and the pilots were killed. The project was suspended at that
time until the aliens agreed to help us.

"SNOWBIRD" was established as a cover for project REDLIGHT. Several
flying saucer-type craft were built using conventional technology. They
were unveiled to the press and flown in front of the press. The purpose
was to explain accidental sightings or disclosure of REDLIGHT as having
been the SNOWBIRD craft.

"LUNA" is the alien base on the far side of the Moon. It was seen and
filmed by the Apollo Astronauts. A base, a mining operation using very
large machines and the very large alien craft which have been described
in various sighting reports as "MOTHER SHIPS" are based there.

"NRO" is the National Reconnaissance Organization based at Fort Carson,
Colorado. It is responsible for security for all alien or alien craft
connected projects.

"DELTA" is the designation for the specific arm of the NRO which is
especially trained and tasked with security of these projects. [The
so-called "Delta Force" has been labelled by the government [in media
reports] as an anti-terrorist special combat unit. It apparently has
other, covert responsibilities. This would also seem to tie in all too
neatly with the "contingency plans" listed below. =CSW.]

"JOSHUA" is a project to develop a low frequency pulsed sound
generating weapon. It was said that this weapon would be effective
against the alien craft and beam weapons.

[NOTE: It is known that a special experimental project was launched
some years ago under the auspices of the US Navy to investigate a
special low frequency, pulsed sound and radio wave system. The antennae
for such a system consisted of buried cables that extended radially for
several hundred miles in all directions from the generator site. The
listed purpose of these experiments was to develop a system of
communications that could be used with our submarines world-wide that
could neither be detected by anyone not having this specific equipment
nor jammed by any conventional source known to current technology. This
may or may not have been a "cover story". It is equally interesting to
note that while this "national secret" was being printed in certain
"popular" monthly mechanical and science magazines, articles appeared
in several of the more serious scientific journals concerning
experiments with a sound-wave generating weapon that operates in the 4
to 13 Hertz range that could be fatal to "enemy troops"...perhaps
reducing them, quite literally, to a mass of quivering jelly. =CSW.]


"EXCALIBUR" is a weapon to destroy the alien underground bases. It is
to be a missile capable of penetrating 1000 meters of Tufa or
hard-packed soil such as that found in New Mexico with no operational
damage. Missile apogee not to exceed 30,000 feet AGL and impact must
not deviate in excess of 50 meters from designated target. The device
will carry a 1 megaton nuclear warhead.


"ALIENS": There were 4 types of aliens mentioned in the papers. A
LARGE-NOSED GREY, with whom "we" have the treaty, the GREY reported in
abductee cases that works for the LARGE-NOSED GREY, a blond human like
type described as the NORDIC and a red-haired, human-like type called
the ORANGE. The home planets of the aliens are described as being a
star in the Constellation of Orion, Barnards star, and Zeta Riticuli
1&2. I cannot remember even under hypnosis which aliens belong to which
star.

"EBE" is the name or designation given to the live alien captured at
the 1949 Roswell crash. He died in captivity.

"KRLL" OR "KRLLL" OR "CRLL" OR "CRLLL" pronounced Crill or Krill was
the hostage left with us at the first Holloman landing as a pledge that
the aliens would carry out their part of the basic agreement reached
during that meeting. KRLL gave us the foundation of the yellow book
which was completed by the guests at a later date. KRLL became sick and
was nursed by Dr. G. Mendoza, who became the expert on alien biology
and medicine. KRLL later died. His information was disseminated under
the pseudonym O.H. Cril or Crill.

"GUESTS" were aliens exchanged for humans who gave us the balance of
the yellow book. At the time I saw the information there were only 3
left alive. They were called (ALF's) Alien Life Forms.

RELIGION: The aliens claim to have created Homo Sapiens through
hybridization. The papers said that RH Negative blood was proof of
this. They further claimed to have created all of our major religions.
The showed a hologram of the crucifixion of Christ which the Government
filmed. They claim that JESUS, the CHRIST, was created by them.

ALIEN BASES exist in the four corners area of Utah, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Nevada. Six bases were described in the 1972 papers, all on
Indian reservations and all in the four corners area. The base near
Dulce was one of them.

MURDER: The documents stated that many military and government
personnel had been terminated (murdered; executed without due process
of law) when they had attempted to reveal the secret of the aliens, the
JASON SOCIETY and MJ-12. [NOTE: Any adult human being who lives in
today's society and who still does not believe that "Our Government"
would commit cold-blooded murder in order to preserve their idea of an
acceptable "status quo"....that person should be placed in a secured,
well-padded cell and not allowed to play with pointed or sharp objects.
He/she is both intellectually and morally Brain Dead. As an example,
does any sane person really believe that Karen Silkwood died in an auto
"accident" ? =CSW]

CRAFT RECOVERIES: The documents stated that many craft had been
recovered. The early ones from Roswell, Aztec, Roswell again, Texas,
Mexico, and other places.

GENERAL DOOLITTLE made a prediction that one day we would have to
reckon with the aliens and the document stated that it appeared that
General Doolittle was correct.

ABDUCTIONS were occurring long before 1972. The document stated that
humans and animals were being abducted and/or mutilated. Many vanished
without a trace. They were taking sperm and ova samples, tissue,
performed surgical operations, implanted a spherical device 40 to 80
microns in size near the optic nerve in the brain and all attempts to
remove it resulted in the death of the patient. The document estimated
that 1 in every 40 people had been implanted. This implant was said to
give the aliens total control of that human.


CONTINGENCY PLAN SHOULD THE INFORMATION BECOME PUBLIC OR SHOULD THE
ALIENS ATTEMPT TAKEOVER: This plan called for a public announcement
that a terrorist group had entered the United States with an Atomic
weapon. It would be announced that the terrorists planned to detonate
the weapon in a major city. Martial Law would be declared and all
persons with implants would be rounded up along with all dissidents and
would be placed into concentration camps. The press, radio, and TV
would be nationalized and controlled. Anyone attempting to resist would
be arrested and/or killed.

CONTINGENCY PLAN TO CONTAIN OR DELAY RELEASE OF INFORMATION: This plan
called for the use of MAJESTIC TWELVE as a disinformation ploy to delay
and confuse the release of information should anyone get close to the
truth. It [the name, "MAJESTIC TWELVE"] was selected because of the
similarity of spelling and the similarity to MJ-12. It was designed to
confuse memory and to result in a fruitless search for material which
did not exist.

SOURCE OF MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS WHICH I SAW: The source
of the material was an ONI Counter-Intelligence operation against MJ-12
in order for the Navy to find out the truth of what was really going
on. The Navy (at that time or at least the Navy that I worked for) was
not a participant in any of this. The different services and the
government conduct this type of operation against each other all the
time. The result of this operation was that the Navy cut themselves in
for a piece of the action (technology) and control of some projects.

As you can see, this file is only a little different from my previous
file. Only some names were scrambled previously to confuse the
government long enough for someone to verify that what I have said is
the truth. I have added information in this file that puts my life in
absolute danger. I have sent a copy of this file to people all over the
country and will continue to do so. Please get this file into as many
hands as you can and maybe that will protect me but I doubt it.

HISTORY WILL BE THE JUDGE OF ME AND THIS INFORMATION AND I HAVE NO FEAR
OF THAT JUDGEMENT. I SWEAR THAT THIS INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

I wish to thank all those people who have aided me in reaching this
point and for their patience and understanding. I owe you all more than
I can ever repay.

Finally, it does not matter who is right and who is wrong or if a
project name is in the wrong place. It does not matter who is working
for who or what is really what. It should be obvious by now that
something sinister and terribly wrong is going on involving the
government and the UFO phenomenon. We must all band together and expose
it now.

I have done my part in the best manner that I could. I can add nothing
else except my testimony in Congress or a court of law that what I saw
and have written in this file is true and that I saw it.

Everything in my previous file that does not conflict with this file is
true and correct to the best of my knowledge and some of it is from
sources and research. You may combine the files to get the entire
picture. Throw out only that information which conflicts with that
contained in this file.

There will be no further additions or corrections to this information
either now or in the future. My file is complete and stands to be
judged by history. Sometime in the future the exact papers that I saw
will surface and you will all see this exact information contained
within them.


Milton William Cooper


Note: William Cooper was killed by Authorities on November 5th, 2001


http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/cooper/operation_majority.htm


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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IT MAY JUST BE A MOVIE BUT SCI FI HAS A WAY OF 'BECOMING'...




...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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THAT is just tooooo creepy for me!!


When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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THAT is just tooooo creepy for me!!


THAT IS PSYCHIATRY.....

now comrades, show your papers and hand over your weapons....

move along nothing to see here


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


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IT MAY JUST BE A MOVIE BUT SCI FI HAS A WAY OF 'BECOMING'...


No...It's just a movie.


The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

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No...It's just a movie.


yeah, ok...tell me about psychiatry and the drugs used, not to mention your cell phone technology or the technology
that permits this discourse over miles and miles etc etc....


OR more up your alley is DARPA  http://www.darpa.mil/

ALL SCI-FI.....at one time


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

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CROWDFUNDING STAR WARS — KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH STAR CONSTRUCTION AIMS TO RAISE $30M



The folks at Kickstarter have given the green light to two projects near-and-dear to the hearts of geeks, techies and futurists alike: the design of Death Star construction plans and a desperate call to fund X-wing fighters for the Rebel Alliance.

Coming off as something that belongs on the web’s go-to source for tongue-and-cheek humor, The Onion, the Death Star project was posted at the beginning of February with a pledge goal of £20 million British pounds for open source plans for the monstrous battle station. Four days later, another crowdsource project was posted on the site, this time saying, “We must defend ourselves against the Empire’s Death Star! Join the Rebel Alliance!” and asked for $11 million from backers.

The Death Star project page includes some interesting tidbits about the faux proposal to acquire plans for the battlestation. To lower costs, the project would use open source software and hardware, which could include innumerable Raspberry Pis linked together (hey, they helped build a supercomputer along with some Legos). A suggestion to make it solar powered was quickly shot down as the station needs to travel between star systems. As for the well known exploitable thermal exhaust ports that could bring about the demise of the station, the proposers (indicated simply as http://www.gnut.co.uk) suggest a large amount of chicken wire as the solution.

The creators of the Rebel Alliance campaign humorously countered the Death Star project by including schematics of X-wing fighters, stretch goals for a Millenium Falcon, and a bonus for backers who pledge $10,000: attending a Jedi Training Camp with Yoda.

Adding to the hilarity is the difference in currency, which harkens back to the Star Wars movies both in the use of American accents for the rebels and British accents for the Empire as well as the allusions to American military history that run throughout George Lucas’ creation.

So far, over 1600 backers have committed around $375,000 toward the Death Star plans while 263 backers have pledged about $217,000 Rebel Alliance. Both campaigns make it clear that they are jokes and have end dates of April 1, 2013.

It all began last November when a petition was put up on the White House website that eventually gathered over 34,000 signatures, exceeding the 25,000 signatures needed to get an official response. Representatives from the White House did not disappoint. A hilarious “This Isn’t The Petition Response You’re Looking For” rejection of the petition was eventually posted, citing how the Obama administration is trying to reduce the US deficit rather than add the estimated $850 quadrillion it would cost to create the iconic operational battle station and pointing out “Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?”.

The denial of that Death Star petition by the US government is cited as the basis for launching the project on Kickstarter.

Clearly, the last few months of Death Star talk is just another fun example of Geeks Gone Wild. These military weapons remain safely housed within the realm of science fiction fantasy, though they continue to inspire ideas about future technology. We only need to look at the recent efforts to construct a superlaser in the EU thereby equipping  planet Earth with a weapon that will rip apart the fabric of space to see the power of the movies to entice innovation.

Though neither Kickstarter campaign is likely to raise the required amount of money, one wonders if some philanthropist out there who is thinking far ahead is ready to dump a bunch of money to either cause. We can only wait and see.


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


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VEEBOT’S NEEDLE WIELDING ROBOT TO AUTOMATE BLOOD DRAWS



Taking blood is a fine art. Even the most experienced practioner may require more than one stab to find a vein—seems only natural to wonder, might a robot do the job better? Mountain View’s Veebot thinks so. Veebot wants to take the art out of needlework with their robotic venipuncture machine.

In the litigious healthcare industry, if they get it right, one imagines there will be a market—maybe a big one. According to Veebot, there are two million reported needlestick injuries a year. 20% to 25% of all venipunctures miss the mark on their first attempt. The danger may seem minor—two tiny pinpricks instead of one.

But there’s more to it than just that.

The problem is failed “sticks” don’t only result in a little discomfort and a second attempt. Sometimes practitioners miss the vein and hit a nerve instead causing temporary to permanent damage depending on the depth of the miss.

Worse, needle-related injuries aren’t limited to patients. Fact is, most injuries occur on the other side of the operating table. Healthcare practitioners are exposed to needles from start to finish, resulting in unintentional “needle stick” injuries and exposure to blood-borne disease.

Beyond injuries, human error results in potentially disasterous mislabeling of patient samples. Mislabeling is responsible for 170,000 “adverse events” and $200 to $400 million in costs a year, according to Veebot.

Veebot’s system will secure the patient’s arm in place underneath imaging equipment and robot needle. The healthcare provider views images of the patient’s arm—infrared for general vein location, ultrasound to zero in on the vein of interest—and hits go. The machine takes it from there, drawing blood, capping and labeling vials, inserting IVs, administering medicine, and making the needle safe for disposal.


Veebot uses infrared to locate veins and ultrasound to hone in on the right one.

There are competitors—though none seems to offer the total package. PocketSonics makes handheld ultrasound imaging devices and IRIS uses infrared imaging. Veebot includes ultrasound, infrared, and automation. As yet the machine’s costs are unknown. But compared to potential legal costs of needlestick accidents, one imagines the price tag would have to be truly unreasonable to miss the market.

What are the odds every hospital will one day use robots to draw blood? The technology seems more than feasible. Human eyes can’t see under the skin. Human hands can’t repeatedly find their mark with precision. The human brain can easily confuse patient samples. It’s a simple, repeating process well suited to robots and demonstrably prone to human error.


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