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Having stomach troubles? Try swallowing an origami robot
Has your child swallowed a small battery? In the future, a tiny robot made from pig gut could capture it and expel it. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are designing an ingestible robot that could patch wounds, deliver medicine or dislodge a foreign object. They call their experiment an "origami robot" because the accordion-shaped gadget gets folded up and frozen into an ice capsule.
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In my head, I'm hearing a disclaimer, though, "this product has a .01% chance of malfunctioning causing massive damage, internal bleeding, and death. At least we're not on the cleanup crew eh."
Seriously, so long as they can be passed or removed easily, this is cool tech.