{"id":477,"date":"2009-10-12T08:11:52","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/messofpottage.com\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2009-10-12T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T16:11:52","slug":"robotic-spiders-sign-me-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/robotic-spiders-sign-me-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotic Spiders? Sign me up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a couple of years, the doctor will tell me that I&#8217;m old enough for a colonoscopy. When that happens, I hope <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/6300636\/Spider-pill-offers-new-way-to-scan-for-diseases-including-colon-cancer.html\">this new technology<\/a> is ready:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A new way to scan for diseases, including cancer of the stomach or colon, using a remote contol \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcspider pill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 camera with moving legs, has been hailed by scientists in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe the device, which is swallowed by the patient and controlled by doctors using a wireless connection, could transform the difficult and invasive process of diagnosing serious conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The pill, which contains a tiny camera, is also fitted with tiny legs that can be activated remotely once it is inside the colon or intestine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/6300636\/Spider-pill-offers-new-way-to-scan-for-diseases-including-colon-cancer.html\">Telegraph<\/a><\/em>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/science.slashdot.org\/story\/09\/10\/12\/1338220\/Italian-Scientists-Put-Robot-Spiders-In-Your-Colon\">Slashdot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a couple of years, the doctor will tell me that I&#8217;m old enough for a colonoscopy. When that happens, I hope this new technology is ready: A new way to scan for diseases, including cancer of the stomach or colon, using a remote contol \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcspider pill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 camera with moving legs, has been hailed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paRqpr-7H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}