A tiny camera will be swallowed by patients and inspect their
intestines.
People who dislike having medical cameras snake through their
body on the ends of long tubing now have a fun alternative.
A new remote-controlled spider bot can scuttle around inside
the colon or intestine and perform a medical inspection
instead.
Rest assured that the experience sounds much more pleasant
than Neo's icky encounter with an electronic bug in The
Matrix. Italian scientists have tested the device inside
pigs, controlling the spider bot wirelessly to diagnose
serious conditions such as cancer.
Once finished with its exploration, the device exits the body
"naturally," according to the Telegraph.
Pill cameras have come up before, and a German device allowed
physicians to steer a pill by moving a magnetic remote
control over a patient's body. But the spider bot concept
seems to kick the camera pill up a notch. Fantastic voyage
ahoy!
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