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A Panoramic View of Your Insides

deepcleanfun writes "Researchers from New Mexico and Taiwan have invented a tiny probe — about the size of a rice grain — equipped with an ultrasound scanner that can travel through veins and arteries, taking ultrasound images of its surroundings. Unlike previous probes that travel through the body, which provide a view from only one direction at a time, the new device has seven imagers integrated onto the hexagonal prism that can see nearly everywhere at once."

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  1. Without pics by jav1231 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Without pics you weren't IN my insides!

  2. Martin Short... by butterwise · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...has generously offered to pilot the device.

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  3. different strokes by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some people make tiny rice-sized probes to look at someone's insides while others simply go the Goatse route...

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  4. Re:We have seen the enemy, and it is us. by jadin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Crikey, none of you watch House?

  5. Pictures not in the article... by CatsupBoy · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...but I found some here: http://goatse.cz/

  6. Re:Still untested though by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess you've never been to a pool/river/lake have you? You probably only leave the basement to go to class.

  7. Can it be.. by sw155kn1f3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. used on Uranus :)?
    Can't resist.

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