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."

This is one addictive post!

[gardyloo]

So glad it's wireless. A few years ago they tried this with USB and Firewire -- neither of those projects got funded past the first 10,000 trial runs! (In a manner of speaking...)

Re:I can't wait to see....

[gardyloo]

Dude, you could send an entire camera crew + generator onna cart in there. Wide format film cameras and everything.

"complete" its voyage?

[Anonymous Coward]

I would prefer to not see the pill "complete" its "fantastic" voyage.

thanks.

All I asked for is...

[Black Parrot]

...gerbils with cameras on their heads.

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 [hackmygut.com]) 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

one question..

[Anonymous Coward]

do they re-use the camera??

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.]

Re:one question..

[Muhammar]

The camera probe costs as much as a new BMW. But they put a wintergreen flavor on it.

How about an active, powered probe - a suppository working its way up, getting spat out nice & clean? Could be much faster (hey, stop playing with that remote).

screenshots

[Funky Jester]

dude! here's a screenshot:

[insert goats.ex link here]

(I just can't do it; I just can't bring myself to put up the link :P)