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Wormbot Crawls Through Your Intestines

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tue Jun 06, 2006 07:27 PM
from the quite-a-case-of-the-runs dept.

holy_calamity writes "NewScientist is reporting on a new robot modeled on a worm to crawl through your intestines made by European researchers. The plan is to replace endoscopes, but from the look of the videos these things are too scary to ever be allowed into hospitals."

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obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

by CrazyJim1 (809850) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:29PM (#15483999) Journal

What, you have a bug up your ass or what?
- Re:obligatory (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by DurendalMac (736637)
  
  They're going to realize before long that this is a real shitty worm...
intestine crawling robots. (Score:4, Funny)

by ATAMAH (578546) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:31PM (#15484001)

So, who is going to be the first one to welcome our new intestine-crawling robotic overlords? Oh wait...
- Re:intestine crawling robots. (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by joe 155 (937621)
  
  I don't know about overlords, but could you imagine a beowulf cluster of these things
Doctor: (Score:5, Funny)

by w33t (978574) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:31PM (#15484003) Homepage

Hmm, we'll need to have a look inside you with this worm. [patient opens his mouth] Guess again.
--
Music should be free [w33t.com]
- Re:Doctor: (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by the_humeister (922869)
  
  Kind of like how if the doctor puts both hands on your shoulders when doing a digital rectal exam...
It gets worse (Score:5, Funny)

by Chocolate Teapot (639869) * on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:32PM (#15484009) Journal

If the thought of a robot crawling up your ass scares you, wait till you see the battery [niagarac.on.ca]!
Reminds Me Of The "Woodchuck" Rhyme (Score:4, Funny)

by pandrijeczko (588093) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:32PM (#15484013)

"Up who's bot would a wormbot climb if a wormbot could climb bots."
Uuuh... (Score:5, Insightful)

by mctk (840035) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:33PM (#15484015) Homepage

"these things are too scary to ever be allowed into hospitals."
Never had a colonoscopy, eh?
Easy test subject (Score:5, Funny)

by SnotBob (970745) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:37PM (#15484039)

They need to test it on the goatse guy first. If it gets stuck the doc can reach right in and get it back out.
- Re:Easy test subject (Score:3)
  
  by crotherm (160925)
  
  arrrggg
  
  -1 WRONG!
"Jesus, you mean that thing's real?" (Score:5, Funny)

by jthill (303417) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:41PM (#15484064)

"Try to relax."
Yuck! (Score:4, Funny)

by FS (10110) * on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:42PM (#15484066)

How do they know my intestines were made by European researchers? Sounds like some pretty nasty data-mining to me.
When wormbots go bad... (Score:5, Funny)

by ozbird (127571) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:47PM (#15484104)

Obligatory photo [ananova.com].
just had a thought (Score:3, Interesting)

by friedman101 (618627) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:01PM (#15484160)

I can't wait to see an ass-wormer going through an MRI, it'll be like when they pulled that bug out of Neo's stomach.
I found this even more interesting (Score:3, Interesting)

by mikesd81 (518581) <mikesd@ptd.nLISPet minus language> on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:08PM (#15484200) Homepage

From the same site [newscientisttech.com]. This little robot can make roaches come out in the light where you can better kill em.
Oh, I'll be safe! (Score:5, Funny)

by JumpingBull (551722) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:14PM (#15484228)

...crawl through your intestines made by European researchers.

Gee, I don't have intestines made by European researchers.
Just the standard issue ones. Not even suitable for use in making Garters.
Cheers!
Boon for diagnostics (Score:5, Informative)

by Somnus (46089) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:17PM (#15484247)

Right now scopes can't go into the small intenstines -- this would fill a significant gap in present diagnostic capability. Currently, wireless imaging capsules are used.
How much did that thing cost? (Score:5, Funny)

by ChePibe (882378) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:20PM (#15484260)

This robot must have cost millions to develop...

I can just go to Taco Bell, and for $3.49, I can get that same lovely sensation of something crawling around my intestines and making life uncomfortable...

As a side note, the header "interesting crevice" is rarely followed by something I want to read about...
Getting people to go for it... (Score:3, Funny)

by DoofusOfDeath (636671) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:21PM (#15484264)

Maybe if they'd just paint it to look like a hampster, a lightbulb, or an artillery shell patients wouldn't balk to much :)

(I'd find the links, but I'm at work right now and I do *not* want that showing up in our web logs ;)
Oh, good--it has little hooks. (Score:3, Funny)

by smackdotcom (136408) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:23PM (#15484273)

Cause otherwise it would be no fun. Seriously, did you look at the video of the one in the guys hand? Little fish hook legs. I don't care what medical explanation can be provided as to why that wouldn't hurt or harm me: Unless you've gotten me drunker that Homer's post-lottery-win tour through the Duff brewery, NFW.
Enough is enough (Score:5, Funny)

by I Like Pudding (323363) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @08:29PM (#15484295) Journal

I'm really sick of all these Jack Thompson stories all the time
- Look, maybe you kids should read the article... (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by searleb (168974) * on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:39PM (#15484052) Homepage
  
  Quoted from the text:
  
  Doctors currently explore the gut using endoscopes, which have to be fed through the body, or "camera pills" that must be swallowed by a patient.
  
  A pill capable of wriggling through the gut on its own could be a valuable tool, says Andrew Gardner, an independent medical imaging expert at University College London.
  
  "Capsules can show you places nothing else can, but you can't stop or slow down when you get to a point of interest," he told New Scientist.
  
  [ Parent ]
  - from having read the article (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by WillAffleckUW (858324)
    
    My first question is, what if it breaks down?
    
    Since it's in the gut, it would hopefully pass, but what if it shorted out?
    
    Doctor: Nurse, time to get the bug out!
    
    Nurse: Um, Doctor, did you remember to insert a new battery?
    
    Doctor: No, why?
    
    Nurse: Well, this mig
- Re:I would've thought... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by $RANDOMLUSER (804576) on Tuesday June 06 2006, @07:39PM (#15484054)
  
  > That this would be something the japanese would invent.
  You misspelled "eat".
  
  [ Parent ]

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obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

Re:obligatory (Score:3, Funny)

intestine crawling robots. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:intestine crawling robots. (Score:3, Funny)

Doctor: (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Doctor: (Score:3, Funny)

It gets worse (Score:5, Funny)

Reminds Me Of The "Woodchuck" Rhyme (Score:4, Funny)

Uuuh... (Score:5, Insightful)

Easy test subject (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Easy test subject (Score:3)

"Jesus, you mean that thing's real?" (Score:5, Funny)

Yuck! (Score:4, Funny)

When wormbots go bad... (Score:5, Funny)

just had a thought (Score:3, Interesting)

I found this even more interesting (Score:3, Interesting)

Oh, I'll be safe! (Score:5, Funny)

Boon for diagnostics (Score:5, Informative)

How much did that thing cost? (Score:5, Funny)

Getting people to go for it... (Score:3, Funny)

Oh, good--it has little hooks. (Score:3, Funny)

Enough is enough (Score:5, Funny)

Look, maybe you kids should read the article... (Score:5, Informative)

from having read the article (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I would've thought... (Score:5, Funny)

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obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

Re:obligatory (Score:3, Funny)

intestine crawling robots. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:intestine crawling robots. (Score:3, Funny)

Doctor: (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Doctor: (Score:3, Funny)

It gets worse (Score:5, Funny)

Reminds Me Of The "Woodchuck" Rhyme (Score:4, Funny)

Uuuh... (Score:5, Insightful)

Easy test subject (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Easy test subject (Score:3)

"Jesus, you mean that thing's real?" (Score:5, Funny)

Yuck! (Score:4, Funny)

When wormbots go bad... (Score:5, Funny)

just had a thought (Score:3, Interesting)

I found this even more interesting (Score:3, Interesting)

Oh, I'll be safe! (Score:5, Funny)

Boon for diagnostics (Score:5, Informative)

How much did that thing cost? (Score:5, Funny)

Getting people to go for it... (Score:3, Funny)

Oh, good--it has little hooks. (Score:3, Funny)

Enough is enough (Score:5, Funny)

Look, maybe you kids should read the article... (Score:5, Informative)

from having read the article (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I would've thought... (Score:5, Funny)

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