Surgical snakebots crawl down your throat

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Farris @ Dec 21st 2006 1:05PM

I didn't read the article (at work right now, shhhh...) so I don't know how the movement is actually controlled. BUT as far as the actual movement goes, if it is done electronically, wouldn't a magnetic field cause it to freak out? I remember in physics class moving a copper wire through a magnetic field and generating electricity, and I'm pretty sure copper is non-ferrous. My question is this: would having these snake-bots in an MRI machine make them go crazy?

(BTW, I for one... oh, nevermind)

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