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Robotic Capsule To Crawl Through Intestines

Posted by timothy on from the now-that's-creepy dept.

gonzo_bozo writes "New Scientist has a story about a capsule that can be swallowed and will crawl through your intestines with tiny legs made of shape memory alloy."

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  1. The war on drugs. by tod_miller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Paste a picture of gaosty next to a picture of this robot on CNN [wow, goasty on CNN, /. contribution to society!], looking like something off the Matrix... and I bet people will think thrice before smuggling something up thier ass again!

    *thinks about human nature*

    Hmmm this might *increase* anal drug traffiking, remember kids, you don't know where that has been, think before you smoke, ingest, inject it!

    I guess it will have to run linux, and have wifi and bluetooth, I just do not want to see any hobbiest sites spawned from this!!!!

    Next on engadget.com - anal robot probe, DIY with off the shelf components!

    Next week - I anal probe my dog! Life video feed and anal probe has own blog!

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