Robot Crawls Through Veins To Kill Heal You

@reddingofish: or an i.Saw with the new nanoUSB port....

tsdexter

@dc-united: I'd rather see a movie based on Fantastic Voyage II, although the end of the Soviet Union kind of wipes out a huge plot aspect.

Yes, there have been several remakes superior to their predecessors. The Wizard of Oz (1939) is probably the prime example.

@kagekiri: for getting it out.. well.. you ever heard of kidney stones?

There are reasons I am not particularly fond of small things.. and things I cannot see, its because there hard to stop.

Take fleas for example. Extremely small, extremely hard to kill, and extremely annoying..

--Core--

@dc-united: I liked Ocean's Eleven, but then again I didn't see the original.

@kagekiri: Fuck you. magnets.

@dc-united: Touche.

@CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: But then, where's the whole "Raquel Welch in a tight outfit" thing?

@Jake712: Ah. Whew. Now I see. Actually, I remember seeing this as the crew got our and shot stuff with lasers. I still say Innerspace is a better reference though.

Israel needs to give up its technology & learn about refinancing.

heroineworshipper

@ronreal: +1

I really really it doesn't run windows...

Malux

@DeusExMach: Er, that's the method of propulsion and positioning, not exactly a treatment option.

I can understand how they can put a small amount of medication in there, but as for lasers/RF ablation systems, I have a feeling they would require more power than this tiny thing can store, not to mention space.

Also, being as you have to stick this thing into major arteries anyway, why not just stick with catheters..? Same amount of cutting, easier extraction (how does this get OUT of the bloodstream?) less need for magnetic fields strong enough to guide the metal pill robot (which probably requires specialized operating rooms, maybe non-ferromagnetic operating tools, etc), and so on.

kagekiri

So does this mean we can all finally indulge ourselves in those medium rare steaks and have seconds??!!

LouisJebber

A 'disintegrate to harmlessness' feature would be nice, or perhaps swarms of nano bots. This is great, and the future of treatment.

@facepuncher: silly, you just send in another robot to get the first.

deliciousburglar

This won't sell until they make a Hello Kitty version.

Ozzie McWhoface

@ronreal: This is not the place for that kind of talk.

Ozzie McWhoface

@MJDeviant: Next step is outsourcing.

Ozzie McWhoface

@Jake712: That would be futile!

Ozzie McWhoface

@OMG! Ponies!: Yep, they've got all the bases covered. All they need to do is splice in some DNA and we're all set.

Ozzie McWhoface

@lltaeho: I plan on having a good nightmare or two.

Ozzie McWhoface

@misterwho - according to my twitter feed, I'm still alive.: Has there been a good remake? One to make you forget the original?

@NurseDave: Anyone who bought the original iPhone.

Ozzie McWhoface

@Kayonesoft: They have a robot for that.

Ozzie McWhoface

@DeusExMach: Two things back:

1) No, I meant 'abomination', as in something abominable.
2) I was referring to attacking anything in the Star Wars canon as an error. Whether that's seen to be tactical or strategic will be known down the road.

@Jake712: Oh please. Jeri Ryan is SO irrelevant...

@dc-united: I hope it's not awful. Remakes have been really, really bad lately.

Ozzie McWhoface

@RedEye: wouldn't their microscopic size make them under-lords?

@lltaeho: ARGLBBL! SKYNETS! YARGH!!!

@Jake712: Thank you, I didn't get it either.

Ozzie McWhoface

@Hello Mister Walrus: fta: "Instead, the bot takes advantage of a magnetic field from outside the body, meaning that doctors can not only guide but also propel the the vein crawler forward at 9mm/second"

So Magnets.

...always with the magnets.

@Purple Umpteenth: This guy'd be your cardiologist.

@dc-united: two things: you meant the cinematic ABORTIONS that were the last three Star Wars films, and those were a STRATEGIC error.

Israeli's invent technology to benefit humanity, while Palestinians invent what .... suicide bombelts?

@RedEye: Nope, of Fantastic Voyage. That was the talk, anyway. Don't know if the project is under way.

In general, though, producers are lazy bums who will make as much money off a 'franchise' as they can. Note the abominations that were the last three Star Wars movies... (Hmm, now THAT might have been a tactical error...)

@Tarv: as long as magic doesn't look like the most painful experience ever.

@dc-united: Remake ? Of Inner Space ? What's wrong with people ? How about a microscopic robot that can be implanted into Hollywood producers / writers brains that seek out original thought blockages instead ?

Uh, the real *shiver* is the size of the needle you'd have to take to get that thing in your bloodstream...

*SHIVER!*

At what point in the story does Meg Ryan show up?

VideoVampire

@RedEye:
:)

I'll wait for the remake that's supposed to be coming in 2010.

@CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: Well, clearly I don't want a 70 year old Raquel Welch wearing a tight outfit anywhere near me.

My first thought when seeing this article was that this reminded me of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, where they shrink a ship (she's a crewmember) and put it into someone's body.

The movie looks pretty dated now, but it was well done for the time.

I would not resist if Jeri Ryan injected them into me.

Jake712

@OMG! Ponies!: And no-one has yet had the sense to welcome our microscopic robot overlords....

@dc-united: They're doing it the wrong way around... FIRST the miniaturizing ray, THEN a vein-travelling vessel...

@CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: This may help explain:

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Jake712

@dc-united: I get it...maybe you should have said Dennis Quaid instead for the ( slightly ) younger audience...

@mikeness: LOL!! Innerspace.

@Nauthiz: Am I? I was wondering that. I'm 33. I guess I meant.. where is "there", and why Raquel Welch? Isn't she pretty old now?

What am I missing here?

@undefined: It carries one of these with it:

[gizmodo.com]

@TheSonOfKrypton: This is only the version available to the public.

Big Brother already has capillary-sized robots that they implanted in the middle of the night for monitoring and mind control. That's just classified info.

TreyWaters

@Darwinist: Just because there are insects in your skin doesn't mean that you're not stoned off your ass.

it reminds me the golden bee from richie rich movie

martinS60

@CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: Don't worry. You're too young to get it, so don't feel bad you didn't.

Nauthiz

So the bugs currently working hard to support their family in my veins will now be replaced by lifeless androids. Sure, they do a better job quicker, but they lack heart.

MJDeviant

@Hello Mister Walrus: It scares the "shit" out of you, shit being artery gunk in this case.

@Hello Mister Walrus: It jihad's the problem area.

zeroprime

Quit with the "crawling" already! They'll float thru as the size will be smaller than the ID of your capillaries, and it will throw out it's arms to stop, thus clogging them like a clot *shiver*

RW-1

Great. So if the giant robots don't kill us, the tiny ones will.

Add this to the "I don't see how anything can go wrong with this" file.

@Hello Mister Walrus: It kills you. Now that you're dead, you don't need to worry about arterial blockages.

Another problem solved through senseless death.

EVERYONE, FREAK OUT!

lltaeho

@dc-united: I can't help but to say...I don't get it. You want Raquel Welch in your arteries?

@lltaeho: they may already be in our bodies and we dont even know it!

lltaeho

if they're just now releasing this to the public, imagine what secret nano-bots already exist for government use! metal gear solid 4?!?!

lltaeho

@Hello Mister Walrus: It eats them. With its teeth.

secretmanofagent

A little BANG and BOOM there goes you problem (and your life).

TallDudeFromBrazil

Adding extra tools like a belt sander and circular saw.

reddingofish

@Hello Mister Walrus: OR, better yet, explosives.

TallDudeFromBrazil

I think I'd wait for version 2.0. Who's going to try out the 1.0 release version?

NurseDave

looks like it only goes in one direction, so if it gets stuck??

looks like an expensive way to deliver "targeted medication"

might bumb into a blood clot too, that wouldn't be good depending on where the clot goes.

Hmm, not to sure I want something crawling around inside my veins, potentially causing even more blockage.

@Hello Mister Walrus: Lasers make everything better. Even lasers.

If you look really hard you can see Dennis Quaid waving through the window.

Sweet! It's like an acid trip where bugs are crawling into your veins without the acid.

Darwinist

*Will really start to shiver when they create a robot that can crawl through my capillaries. Not cool.*

How exactly will this "treat arterial blockage"? It doesn't look like it carries a stent. The alternative, of course, would be lasers. It better be lasers... (holds up fist)

Hello Mister Walrus

Not cool!

glamajamma

Scientists should skip the creepy robot medicine and skip right to magic.

Now, how do we get Raquel Welch in a tight-fitting outfit to fit in there too?