Back in October we looked at Given Imaging’s PillCam. An endoscopic pill with a camera inside which is swallowed by the patient. You can imagine what happens next.

RF System Lab of Japan has just improved their “Sayaka” endoscopic capsule by letting the camera to rotate within the capsule. The Sayaka camera-in-a-pill has been out since December 2005, but the actual camera was stationary.

According to Pink Tentacle, “On a typical 8-hour, 8-meter (26 feet) journey through the gastrointestinal tract, Sayaka snaps approximately 870,000 photos, which are sent to a receiver located near the body. Image mosaicking technology is then used to stitch the images together into a flat, high-resolution rectangular map of the intestines, which can be magnified up to 75 times.” Simply Amazing. Watch the video …

Back in October we looked at Given Imaging’s PillCam. An endoscopic pill with a camera inside which is swallowed by the patient. You can imagine what happens next.

RF System Lab of Japan has just improved their “Sayaka” endoscopic capsule by letting the camera to rotate within the capsule. The Sayaka camera-in-a-pill has been out since December 2005, but the actual camera was stationary.

According to Pink Tentacle, “On a typical 8-hour, 8-meter (26 feet) journey through the gastrointestinal tract, Sayaka snaps approximately 870,000 photos, which are sent to a receiver located near the body. Image mosaicking technology is then used to stitch the images together into a flat, high-resolution rectangular map of the intestines, which can be magnified up to 75 times.” Simply Amazing. Watch the video …