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MRI Powered Pill-Sized Robot Swims Through Intestines

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 15, 2012 @12:45PM from the fantastic-voyage dept.

kkleiner writes "Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston have collaborated to create a robot that can swim through the intestines. The size of a large pill, the 'microswimmer' is powered by the strong magnetic fields generated by an MRI machine. A tail measuring 20mm x 5mm made of copper and flexible polymer vibrates due to the magnets and propels the little microrobot through the gut."

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TSA by bonch · 2012-01-15 12:45 · Score: 5, Funny

In other news, the TSA has announced a new screening process involving rubber gloves and an intestinal robot. Americans should be very familiar with the procedure, as one merely has to bend over and take it.