Wormbot Crawls Through Your Intestines 169
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."
obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
intestine crawling robots. (Score:4, Funny)
Doctor: (Score:5, Funny)
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can't wait (Score:2, Funny)
It gets worse (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Easy test subject (Score:5, Funny)
Re:obligatory (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I would've thought... (Score:5, Funny)
You misspelled "eat".
Meanwhile, Japanese Scientists... (Score:2, Funny)
*ducks*
"Jesus, you mean that thing's real?" (Score:5, Funny)
Yuck! (Score:4, Funny)
from having read the article (Score:3, Funny)
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 might take a bit longer than we were expecting. It's not moving.
Re:intestine crawling robots. (Score:3, Funny)
When wormbots go bad... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doctor: (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, I'll be safe! (Score:5, Funny)
Gee, I don't have intestines made by European researchers.
Just the standard issue ones. Not even suitable for use in making Garters.
Cheers!
How much did that thing cost? (Score:5, Funny)
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)
(I'd find the links, but I'm at work right now and I do *not* want that showing up in our web logs
Wombat? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, good--it has little hooks. (Score:3, Funny)
Yes but.... (Score:2, Funny)
Enough is enough (Score:5, Funny)
"oh jezus christ" (Score:3, Funny)
Got funding? (Score:2, Funny)
2. Robotic breast exams: what geek thought it was a good idea to reduce breasticle touching?
3. I don't have a third thing.
Wombat? (Score:2, Funny)
Good News Everyone ! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It gets worse (Score:2, Funny)
Re:intestine crawling robots. (Score:2, Funny)
Linux runs.
That's probably more than you want to hear in this context.
Re:It gets worse (Score:3, Funny)
User-agent: worm
Disallow: *
Bedside Manner. (Score:3, Funny)
Gizmo is almost as bad.
Croc Hunter! (Score:1, Funny)
"Croikey, that was the BIGGEST wombat oi've ever seen, inside an intestine or out! Should've used a naked bloody mole rat!"