Veterinarians have no choice when they need to check a cow for pregnancy or infection. The standard procedure is to stick your arm up the cows rectum. The technique is difficult to teach to veterinary students because, well, its dark in there. That’s why veterinarian and computer scientist Sarah Baillie has created the “Haptic Cow,” a virtual, touch-feedback device that mimics the feeling of real bovine anatomy, placed inside a fiberglass model of a cow’s rear end. “With this technology, student