Carnegie Mellon brings adhesive arms to the burgeoning pillbot scene

We've seen plenty of pill bots in our day -- most of the dumb little swallowable cameras -- but Carnegie Mellon University isn't messing around with this stuff. The nerds over there have built a remote controlled pillbot with small, adhesive arms that allow it to grip onto internal surfaces. That is to say, your internal surfaces. The pill can view damaged areas, deliver drugs and might eventually be outfitted with a small laser for cauterizing internal wounds. Yes, we just said lasers.

[Via Hack a Day]

Read - Controlling a Gut Bot's Position
Read - Creepy action video

[meegoo Posted Aug 6th 2008 4:38PM]

Tiny freakin' lasers

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 5:50PM]

Candiru with freakin' laser beams on their heads.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 4:43PM]

If it has lasers, I'm all for it.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 4:51PM]

Now if they can just shape the bots like sharks, we're golden.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 5:05PM]

goldenmember, even

[kjb434 Posted Aug 6th 2008 5:37PM]

I don't know about you, but tiny little robots that can walk inside of you freak me out.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 5:39PM]

Is DARPA funding this? 'Cos it's only a matter of time before someone turns these babies into killer nanobots.

You think you're taking Tylenol, but little do you know you're swallowing your own doom!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 7:02PM]

did anyone hear the guy say "Thats what she said!" on the action video at the last scene... its a short clip with the person holding the bot. I can only imagine the conversation that spawned that moment. hahaha

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2008 7:52PM]

i'm gonna guess it had to do with swallowing the pillbot

[spin cycle Posted Aug 6th 2008 7:25PM]

That looks nothing like Meg Ryan.

I found the original art on imdb, it doesn't look like her there either. And on the alternate art there, she looks like the Joker.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2008 12:34AM]

The worlds smallest hug.