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Smart Pill Reports on Body from the Inside

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looks-fine-from-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the 1966 movie "Fantastic Voyage," scientists enter the submarine Proteus, which is miniaturized so they can go inside the body of Jan Benes and save him. While such feats may be a ways off, a new smart pill "enters and exits the body through preexisting orifices" and reports on what it finds along the way, including temperature and pH. Sounds a bit creepy, but apparently it can lickety-split diagnose a disease that otherwise requires lots of uncomfortable probing."

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  1. A ways off? by brian0918 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If by "a ways off", you mean "absolutely impossible", then I agree. Or, do you believe there is a way to shrink atoms down to a fraction of their size?

  2. Re:Pill Camera by Orphaze · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As disgusting as it may be, being a geek I could not resist the urge to examine the camera after it has...er...passed. C'mon! Pill sized cameras? How cool is that? Little rubbing alcohol and it would be fine...