You might or might not consider this to be good news. Enrico Grasso of the University Hospital Tor Vergata in Rome, Italy, has developed a pill-sized robot that can crawl around inside a patient, searching for signs of cancer. Alastair Jamieson writes in The Daily Telegraph:
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Pills containing cameras already exist, but this is believed to be the first that can be controlled after it has been swallowed.
Once the examination has finished, the spider pill exits the body naturally.
It has been successfully tested on pigs but further trials will be needed before it can be cleared for use by doctors.
Elisa Buselli, one of the scientists working on the project that created the spider pill, said: “This should improve the situation not just for the patient but also the doctor.”
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Berick, I'm sure from some of the xrays I've/we've seen that this will fit easily in a colon.
A more varied donation display would have been more useful, but wouldn't have looked as pretty.
@Justin
Can't tell who you're rolling your eyes at... Maybe food banks where you live would be annoyed to get a couple of pallates of the same thing, but the food banks where I'm at would love to have anything. There are times of the year where they don't have enough for everyone who needs it.