FDA approves PILL CAMERA

[Corey_O]

I would think this would be a much less invasive procedure to obtain internal pictures.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-03-13-30-46

 

[Chad Lancaster]

Very happy for this. For someone like myself who has a digestive disease and has to get the camera pole down the throat every once in awhile, this will be much easier.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yes, very awesome.

And I can think of several non-medical, non-biological uses for these as well. Could be fun to play with.

 

[Dominik Muench]

wow thats amazing, I wonder what else you could do with these things, flush em down drain pipes, feed em to great white sharks....pop a few in the aquarium

Wang notes that Given's PillCam costs $500, significantly less than the roughly $4,000 rate for colonoscopy

4 grand for a colonoscopy ?? hot damn, getting sick in the US really isnt cheap o_0

 

[Marc Wielage]

Easy going in, but not a great camera on the way out.

 

[Mark Allen]

Great concept. Too bad that photo is actual size.

 

[Brandon J.F.]

These have been available in Europe for awhile. Strange they are only now approved in the US.

 

[M Most]

But does it capture RAW and is it 4K?

 

[Brandon J.F.]

But does it capture RAW and is it 4K?

320 x 320 and 4 to 35fps I believe. What they capture is pretty RAW though

 

[Logan Smith]

Red should get in on this. How about a 4k suppository camera? You could call it: The Red Drag-Anal. Or, Red Rectal-X.

 

[Oliver Skibbe]

Here is an interesting teardown of one:

 

[Joe D'Arcy]

The race to the bottom!

 

[Marc Wielage]

I've been on some sh!tty shoots before, but one like this...

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

But does it capture RAW and is it 4K?

It captures uncompressed raw all the way to the stomack.
Beyond that point the lower it gets the more compression.

 

[Brian F Kobylarz]

Pill diets in the future

Pill diets in the future

Here is another "pill" - turns on with your stomach acid…

http://techland.time.com/2013/11/14...the-year-2013/slide/the-edible-password-pill/

Surprised that Google is involved?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

It captures uncompressed raw all the way to the stomack.
Beyond that point the lower it gets the more compression.

Avoiding excess fiber can help reduce noise.

 

[Elsie N]

Drinking a Red Bull beforehand causes it to shoot higher framerates. Two Red Bulls cause skew.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Avoiding excess fiber can help reduce noise.

No doubt.

Combining with active charcoal pill can speed up black shading.

 

[Bill Anderson]

A visceral performance.

 

[Marc Wielage]

In the end, it's not a bad camera.