# Colon Crawlers Get Your Intestines Inspected by the 'Spider Pill' Camera Bot By Katherinev123 | Published 2009-10-13 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spider-pill-camera-bot References: [popsci](http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/spider-bot-cameras-could-inspect-your-colon) & [telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6300636/Spider-pill-offers-new-way-to-scan-for-diseases-including-colon-cancer.html) What’s worse: having a medical camera and a long tube weaving through your body, or letting this remote-controlled ‘[Spider Pill](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/golden-grail)’ camera bot scuttle through your intestines and colon instead? I’ll take neither, although the Spider Pill camera bot is an interesting innovation. Having been tested inside pigs, the electronic bug, after being swallowed by the patient, performs medical inspections to diagnose serious conditions like cancer via wireless control. How does the bug get out? The Telgraph notes that after the inspection, the Spider Pill camera bot will exit the body “naturally." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 2% | Activity: 70% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Health](https://www.trendhunter.com/health) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Remote-controlled Medical Camera Bot:** Develop a wireless remote-controlled medical camera bot for non-invasive and convenient medical inspections. - **Diagnostic Spider Pill:** Invent a diagnostic spider pill that detects serious medical conditions like cancer by navigating through the digestive system. - **Non-invasive Medical Diagnosis:** Develop methods and technologies, such as spider pill camera bots to provide less-invasive and more convenient medical diagnosis for patients. ### Where This Applies - **Healthtech:** The development of spider pill camera bots are creating disruption and technological advancements in the healthtech industry with the potential to transform medical diagnostics and treatment. - **Pharmaceuticals:** The spider pill's potential to provide less invasive diagnosis for serious medical conditions like cancer presents opportunities for innovative pharmaceutical research and development. - **Medical Robotics:** The creation of spider pill camera bots opens up new possibilities and market opportunities for developing more advanced and efficient medical robotics. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Blood Clot-Relieving Millirobots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/millirobot.md) - [Pest-Slaying Agricultural Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pestslaying-agricultural-robot.md) - [Drug-Free Vibrating Pills](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vibrant.md) - [Maneuverable Centipede Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/centipede-robot.md) - [Robotic AI Surgeons](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/woxsen-university.md) - [Self-Folding Surgical Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surgical-tools.md) - [Appetite-Curbing Vibrating Pills](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vibrating-pills.md) - [Multidirectional Miniature Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/multidirectional-miniature-robots.md) - [Rolling Pet Connectivity Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/freshrobot-rollbot.md)