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'Fantastic Voyage' One Step Closer

Posted by timothy on from the crunchy-grapes dept.

hondo77 writes "Researchers have reported at Digestive Disease Week (catchy name, eh?) that a human volunteer has swallowed a "video-equipped capsule -- about half the size of a grape" and that they were able to maneuver it. Sure, it's minus Raquel Welch and the rest of the crew but it's a promising start."

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  1. Forgot the name ... by fewnorms · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... but wasnt't there this other movie more recent (80's - 90's) where some dude got injected into some guys body and was able to get visuals from the outside world by "plugging" into the optical nerve? And yes, while writing this my buddy went searching and found it :) Innerspace, that's what it was called... :)

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  2. Endoscopy capsules by Muad'Dave · · Score: 2, Informative
    A company that makes these capsules is Given Imaging. From their website:

    M2A Capsule Endoscopy has been utilized to diagnose a range of diseases of the small intestine including Crohn's Disease, Celiac disease and other malabsorption disorders, benign and malignant tumors of the small intestine, vascular disorders, medication related small bowel injury, as well as a range of pediatric small bowel disorders.

    There are Pictures and Videos here of what the camera records.

    Amazingly, "In a normal (eight hour) procedure the M2A capsule generates approximately 57,000 images, at a rate of two frames per second."

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