Italian Scientists Put Robot Spiders In Your Colon 203
Sockatume writes "Scientists in Italy have developed a robot which will move around the lower digestive tract using legs. The 'Spider-Pill' is fitted with a camera and will stow its legs until it reaches the lower intestine. Once there it can crawl around and take pictures under direction from surgeons. Its USP is that it's more appealing than an endoscopy." The BBC also has video.
Google's spiders crawling (Score:5, Funny)
In other news, Google is working on it's own version to integrate Googlebot to crawl more data into Google Maps. Soon you can zoom into a person you saw on the street and navigate inside her.
Yea but (Score:2, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, robot spiders put your colon in scientists!
Call it Ziggy (Score:3, Funny)
- as in Mr Z Stardust and the spiders from arse
Just Sayin... (Score:5, Funny)
The goatse guy would almost be ontopic.
Obligatory Matrix reference (Score:4, Funny)
Why do I get visions of doctors that look like FBI agents inserting this device into me via my belly button?
Oh boy! (Score:5, Funny)
and in related news.... (Score:5, Funny)
Italy has leapfrogged ahead of both Germany and Japan in the quest for making the weirdest adult films.....
Inspired by the meme! (Score:2, Funny)
Robot spiders? In MY colon?
It's more likely than you think.
Re:Google's spiders crawling (Score:3, Funny)
Googlebutt, surely?
There was an old woman who swallowed.... (Score:4, Funny)
She swallowed the robo-spider to swallow the robo-fly, I don't know why, she swallowed the robo-fly, maybe she'll die.
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I hope the legs retract (Score:5, Funny)
before "exiting the body naturally."
Speaking of which, what is the natural way colon spiders exit the body? Don't they lay their eggs in there and the spiderlings eat their way out through the abdominal wall? I guess leg retraction isn't high on the agenda in that case.
Re:Google's spiders crawling (Score:3, Funny)
They already have Google Moon, the rest of the solar system is just an obvious extension of the service. I'm not sure however why exactly they started with Uranus...
Re:Will it the entire digestive tract? (Score:4, Funny)
Don't me, I my sentences have subjects. I don't verbs though.
Umm... no. (Score:5, Funny)
"Italian Scientists Put Robot Spiders In Your Colon"
Oh no they don't.
Re:Google's spiders crawling (Score:5, Funny)
I knew that robots.txt I had tattooed on my ass would come in handy.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Re:USP? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yea but (Score:3, Funny)
Wrecked 'im? Damn near killed 'im.
"You're going to help us, Mr Anderson... (Score:3, Funny)
...whether you want to, or not."
Transcript of first excursion (Score:5, Funny)
Robospider: IT'S SO DAMN DARK IN HERE I CAN'T SEE MY CLAW BEFORE MY FACE. HANG ON A SEC. LET ME GET MY LIGHTER.
Doctor: OK. WHAT? LIGHTER? NO DON'T
(SIGNAL LOST.)
Reuse (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I hope the legs retract (Score:1, Funny)
They don't. FTFA:
"When PoopBot has finished its tasks, it then begins spinning its legs at 20,000 rpm and exits the anus at a velocity of 200 feet per second. The patient is then issued a week's supply of official Obama Tuck's medicated wipes and sent home."
Re:USP? (Score:1, Funny)
Nah. "Release the raisin bran!"
Re:Transcript of first excursion (Score:5, Funny)
A team of tiny tapeworms were trekking through a tract
As was their creed and calling, the purpose of their pact
When one among their numbers, who's eyes were not as strong
Decided he would light a match, not knowing this was wrong.
But the others saw the danger and screamed with tiny howls:
"He will ignite the methane gas! EVACUATE THE BOWELS!"
Re:Google's spiders crawling (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our...
Wait, no. Ew.