There’s something a bit crappy about this magnetic slime robot that can retrieve stuff you’ve swallowed
Within a short space of time, the problem of toddlers – and drunks – swallowing things they shouldn’t could be solved by something that looks as though Ridley Scott commissioned it.
This curious mixture of neodymium magnet particles, borax and polyvinyl alcohol may turn out to be the medical breakthrough of the decade. Check it out.
A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident.https://t.co/EYpnx56vNO pic.twitter.com/zA3hMO80xQ
— New Scientist (@newscientist) March 31, 2022
Of course, to be a medical breakthrough, patients have to be prepared to use it – and that seems …unlikely.
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how about fucking not https://t.co/7gL0GdRc8q
— sweatpants cher🔸 (@House_Feminist) March 31, 2022
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Every day we stray further from the light https://t.co/uGa3gPqSOE
— Bethany Black twitch.tv/beffernieblack (@BeffernieBlack) March 31, 2022
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Venom (2018) https://t.co/TmcyZHmVsY
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) March 31, 2022
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never swallowing anything every again https://t.co/1fYwgDB3aI
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) March 31, 2022
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Isn't this the plot of Big Hero 6? https://t.co/yd5kyBh7It
— Meryl O'Rourke (@MerylORourke) March 31, 2022
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So Robotic diarrhea is a thing now, happy nightmares! https://t.co/MeLhdXIznT
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) March 31, 2022
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And here's Magnetic Slime with Anal Retrievals https://t.co/CHQHqKjBB1 pic.twitter.com/ea5HVCEfsA
— Trudi (@Trudski2012) March 31, 2022
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Lemme fast forward to the year 2030…
Okay, yup. There’s a TikTok magnetic slime up the rectum challenge. 16 people have already died. https://t.co/VX0hazMJQ9
— Sophia (CROSSBODY!) Narwitz (@SophiaNarwitz) March 31, 2022
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ah jeez would you look at that honey, there’s another magnetic slime robot right where I was sleeping, no I don’t know why it smells like poop in here https://t.co/eZklytFsvB
— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) March 31, 2022