/technologies/medical/b/blog/posts/engineers-design-cranial-drilling-device-that-won-t-put-holes-in-your-brainCranial Drilling Tool (via Harvard University) For those of you still ‘on the ropes’ about drilling into your brain (or some else’s for that matter) and are worried about sustaining a pre-frontal lobotomy, your worries are over thanks to some en...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/medical/b/blog/posts/engineers-design-cranial-drilling-device-that-won-t-put-holes-in-your-brainMon, 13 Aug 2012 19:53:23 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca8270a1-fa43-42d5-85d3-bf55ccec55e6DAB0<p>I&#39;m not surprised.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After seeing the Ondemand video on E14 for the new motors, they can easily monitor the back EMF to find the point when the drill gets through the bone.&nbsp; The change in torque would be easily detected to automatically retract the drill bit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I suspect we will see more applications like this as the new motor advances are better understood.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14815&AppID=6&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">