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NASA + NCI = Nano-Explorers For Humans

Posted by Hemos on from the fun-with-explora-bots dept.

SEWilco writes: "NASA and the National Cancer Institute will collaborate in developing microscopic explorers -- devices in a pill-sized capsule to detect, diagnose, and treat disease inside the human body. Following the links you find interesting NASA devices, such as pill-shaped biotelemetry transmitters and a biotelemeter 'Trisponder' to read the data."

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  1. NASA discovers micro sized things! by Andy_R · · Score: 5

    Ok, who's going to tell them they are looking down the wrong end of the telescope?

    - Andy R.

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  2. I can see it now..... by mfinke · · Score: 5

    Ok, lets say you're sick. You swallow a pill to combat whatever is making you ill.

    However that one pill isn't powerfull enough to fight off the illness by itself. You have to swallow its four friends, and then they all combine inside your body to form a super robot to fight together.
    Sheesh this is starting to sound like Voltron. I hope they don't have some mega-sword which they start swinging wildly around inside of you.

    Let's hope the virii don't start teaming up like this. Soon eveyone will have things popping out of them, al a Alien.

    Ok, this post sounded like a good idea when I started

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