In article <dhj65m$8qk_009@s911.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, writes:
In article <433c307d.868846912@news.ucalgary.ca>,
kmuldrezw@ucalgazry.ca (Ken Muldrew) wrote:
Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
New pill gets a grip (Sep 28)
http://physicsweb.org/article/news/9/9/16
The ability to perform measurements and obtain images at different
locations along the human gastrointestinal tract would be of
considerable benefit in various branches of medicine. In recent years
several biomedical companies have developed so-called wireless capsules
that can take images inside the gut after they have been swallowed.
However, these devices cannot be stopped at a particular location inside
the gut because they are carried along by the natural process of
peristalsis. This lack of a stopping mechanism means that certain areas
of the digestive tract cannot be studied in detail.
The title suggests that someone has invented a camera-pill that is
able to stop in arbitrary locations. Is that so? Can it then pan
about? This would be a lot better than getting scoped; especially if
you can avoid drinking a gallon of elecrolyte+plumber's helper.
A song immediately started humming in my head with one-word
edit:
"Little rudders, in the wine, make me happy make me feel
fine."
:-)))
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
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