Digestible Electronics
August 8, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
More than three-fourths of people developing irritable bowel disease have their conditions go undiagnosed until it becomes most troublesome. Traditional diagnostics—colonoscopy or endoscopy—are invasive and costly, but researchers at Australia’s University of Wollongong have developed an electronic capsule of hydrogel and high salt condiments that can evaluate digestive problems before the device dissolves. MORE
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