PillBot, a tiny ingestible robot, could revolutionize gut health exams with AI-powered cameras, making early detection easier from home.
Very cool, but as someone who has difficulty swallowing pills, I doubt I could get that down. Maybe if my life depended on it.
They generally don’t let the patient try to swallow these without assistance for that reason. A quick gargle with Lidocaine wash to numb the Uvula and lessen gagging, and they just pop it in the back of your throat with a little grabby tool. Works well enough.
Maybe it will also come in a suppository form.
It would be going against the current though and would have to be part submarine and part drill.
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The Adam Savage video about this was great
They’ve had similar pills for like 10-15 years in hospitals. They just take and transmit pictures.
Yeah I had one of these in the late 2000’s. Had to wear a fanny pack to receive the data from it.