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ICYMI: Pill-sized robot cleans your innards and much more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-73123{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-73123, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-73123{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-73123").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: MIT created an origami robot made of pig intestine that researchers have big plans for. Meanwhile on the Kickstarter circuit, someone made an art display that can autonomously plug itself in when the battery gets low, and created a viewfinder that shows you where people have applied sunscreen, and where they've missed. If you're in the market for a new bike lock, do consider scaring the hell out of thieves with the Bike Mine. As always, please share any great tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd.
LG converts its smaller, crazier projects into startups
For every idea a big corporation decides to show to the public, there are thousands sat in a vault down in its R&D labs. LG is the latest to decide that it might be worth trying to spin a profit from some of the projects that were previously consigned to the bin. The Korean conglomerate has announced that it's spinning out two startups that'll live or die on the strength of their execution. Much like Sony's toe-in-the-water approach to crowdfunding, the setup is all about throwing niche concepts at the wall and seeing what sticks.
