{"id":113038,"date":"2024-11-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_episode&#038;p=113038"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:55:29","slug":"pillbot","status":"publish","type":"ftm_episode","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/hard-reset\/pillbot","title":{"rendered":"This tiny pill spies on your stomach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Could the future of healthcare be a tiny robotic camera? Swallow this 13mm pill and you can pilot it around your stomach for a view into your body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This moving eyeball is\u00a0really just the tip of a modern endoscope. Technologies like these could dramatically change the way we get information about our bodies. 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