Pill Helps Doctors See Digestive Tract

Bush_man10 writes "RedNova is reporting about a pill loaded with technology similar to a digital camera that allows doctors to view more than 50,000 still images captured as it makes the trip through your small intestine. This is a much better alternative than the old fashioned camera on snaking tubes to check for intestinal troubles. All the images are collected wirelessly through a belt you wear while the pill completes it's fantastic voyage."

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Next big story: 1 Terapixel Intestinal Pictures!

[stienman]

tapewyrm writes "I took the 50,000 images my doctor made of my intestinal tract (by hacking into the receiver belt - see the details here) and made them into a panarama view! I think it's the largest digital image made of anyone's digestive tract. I also made it into a 3d shooter, and am looking to sell the rights to my guts. Any takers?" This one $#$@ load of pixels, but is there really a market for such an intimate portrait? We've already got goatse...

-Adam

And the acronym...

[TrebleJunkie]

Yes, you probably already guessed that "M2A" *does* mean "Mouth-to-ass".

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[Not that this capsule is new. One local health system had this device over a year ago.]