10/19: Pill camera

Undertoad · 10-19-2001, 11:22 AM

Too cool! From Yahoo Most Popular comes this shot of a pill camera. The pill contains a color vidcam, a light, transmitter, antenna, and battery - so hopefully it never digests, no matter what. You wear a fanny pack and for up to seven hours this thing photographs your insides and transmits to the pack. Then they take off the pack and analyze the images.

Bitman · 10-19-2001, 12:20 PM

This thing's as big as my finger ... it's indigestible so it can be recycled ... and it takes full color animated pictures of my body's waste products. Which part of this is good?

-B

elSicomoro · 10-19-2001, 12:29 PM

For some reason, this brings to mind the movie "Innerspace."

warch · 10-19-2001, 12:50 PM

Get in my bellay!
and show me what the hell is *urp* going on in there. I'm guessing a standoff with a bagel and coffee. Perhaps a rogue banana.

I imagine the footage would be initially exciting then get kinda samey during the intestinal portion of the journey. Okay, on we flow, another curve...But then end with a bang if your battery holds out.

Like a toothbrush, you wouldnt really want to share your pill camera, except perhaps with a loved one.

scampo · 10-19-2001, 01:12 PM

I really hope nobody buys that.

russotto · 10-19-2001, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bitman
This thing's as big as my finger ... it's indigestible so it can be recycled ... and it takes full color animated pictures of my body's waste products. Which part of this is good?

-B

The alternatives involve either

a) exploratory surgery or

b) Blowing your intestines up like a balloon and sticking a realllllly long fiber-optic tube up there while peering around.

BTW, you're supposed to fast before you swallow this thing, so hopefully it gets your innards, not your waste products. And it's single-use.

bcbrewery · 10-19-2001, 02:13 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/hea...000/651014.stm has a little more information like a diagram of the pill.

The capsule, which builds on technology developed by NASA to measure temperature inside astronauts' bodies, would take the place of endoscopes traditionally used by doctors to see inside patients.

Pretty cool. I can just see new "webcams" poping up all over the net. www.seemycolon.com

jaguar · 10-20-2001, 02:39 AM

least its single use.

Katkeeper · 10-21-2001, 06:52 AM

Having just had an endoscopy, I would opt for the pill version. However, the pill doesn't allow for biopsies which are usually done during the endoscopy.

I was pleasantly drugged for the procedure, but I know one guy who goes through it without drugs, because he doesn't like being in la la land for the rest of the day afterwards.

10-19-2001, 11:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/19: Pill camera Too cool! From Yahoo Most Popular comes this shot of a pill camera. The pill contains a color vidcam, a light, transmitter, antenna, and battery - so hopefully it never digests, no matter what. You wear a fanny pack and for up to seven hours this thing photographs your insides and transmits to the pack. Then they take off the pack and analyze the images.

10-19-2001, 12:20 PM	#2
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Okay... This thing's as big as my finger ... it's indigestible so it can be recycled ... and it takes full color animated pictures of my body's waste products. Which part of this is good? -B

10-19-2001, 01:12 PM	#5
scampo Homeskillet Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NY Posts: 27	Hmm... I really hope nobody buys that.

10-20-2001, 02:39 AM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	least its single use. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

10-19-2001, 12:29 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	For some reason, this brings to mind the movie "Innerspace."

10-19-2001, 12:50 PM	#4
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Get in my bellay! and show me what the hell is urp going on in there. I'm guessing a standoff with a bagel and coffee. Perhaps a rogue banana. I imagine the footage would be initially exciting then get kinda samey during the intestinal portion of the journey. Okay, on we flow, another curve...But then end with a bang if your battery holds out. Like a toothbrush, you wouldnt really want to share your pill camera, except perhaps with a loved one.

10-19-2001, 02:13 PM	#7
bcbrewery Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 16	http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/hea...000/651014.stm has a little more information like a diagram of the pill. The capsule, which builds on technology developed by NASA to measure temperature inside astronauts' bodies, would take the place of endoscopes traditionally used by doctors to see inside patients. Pretty cool. I can just see new "webcams" poping up all over the net. www.seemycolon.com

10-21-2001, 06:52 AM	#9
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Having just had an endoscopy, I would opt for the pill version. However, the pill doesn't allow for biopsies which are usually done during the endoscopy. I was pleasantly drugged for the procedure, but I know one guy who goes through it without drugs, because he doesn't like being in la la land for the rest of the day afterwards.

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