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Could a small jolt of electricity to your gut help treat chronic diseases? Medical hacker and TED Fellow Khalil Ramadi is developing a new, noninvasive therapy that could treat diseases like diabetes, obesity, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s with an electronic pill. More targeted than a traditional pill and less invasive than surgery, these micro-devices contain electronics that deliver “bionudges” — bursts of electrical or chemical stimuli — to the gut, potentially helping control appetite, aid digestion, regulate hormones — and even stimulate happiness in the brain.
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denis rene novoa miranda
May 25, 2021 at 4:13 pm
No logré entender muy bien porque los subtítulos iban adelantados,traten de arreglarlo por favor
robyn storm3
May 25, 2021 at 4:14 pm
How many people just woke up a little bit more?
Chris Gamble
May 25, 2021 at 4:16 pm
I assume television and films have used this tech for years.
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 5:44 pm
Not just them, but marketing for all sorts of things, up to and including (at the risk of sounding like a conspiracy lunatic) mass population control.
Mr. Spock
May 25, 2021 at 5:55 pm
Star Trek
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Imagine if terrorists or randos decide to create a device that can effect the nanodevices inside your body! Fun!
Charlotte S
May 25, 2021 at 6:42 pm
Yeah bionudges, but I think these are like basic forms of nanobots that are way more advanced and facinaing😍
FluffyZen
May 25, 2021 at 4:26 pm
I hope this can be used for other things such as PTSD & Depression
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 5:45 pm
That would likely be one of the first things it’s trialed for. After diabetes probably.
GaborBartal
May 25, 2021 at 4:28 pm
Subtitle timing is botched
Leone Abbacchio
May 25, 2021 at 4:29 pm
What’s the worst this pill can do what if it go’s off at the wrong time and place, this seem too good to be true
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 6:01 pm
The worst it can do is accidentally cause advanced aging and cancer risk. Seriously.
MD TALKIES
May 25, 2021 at 4:39 pm
Great
Ray_Chaz
May 25, 2021 at 4:51 pm
This video should come with a seizure warning.
Ross Carlson
May 25, 2021 at 5:17 pm
All the wooshing/buzzing sounds, jump cuts, and dynamic camera moves distract completely from actually absorbing the real content of this video. I couldn’t even finish it.
Forlorn-
May 25, 2021 at 5:32 pm
Dreams dreams dreams, I sometimes day dream myself, cure for humanity is a massive asteroid to wipe this planet clean of all humans, that’s what I’m hoping for
Abdul Rehman
May 25, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Great dream 💭
Forlorn-
May 25, 2021 at 10:40 pm
@Abdul Rehman I can dream can I? And humanity needs to be thought a lesson ☠️
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 5:43 pm
I wont put an “electronic pill” in my body, at least until I see multiple trials. Much like I refuse to put many/most pharmaceuticals into my body- though I would work to develop them for people who wish to take them. The pharmaceutical products we have (many of them, I would exclude things like penicillin, etc) are “effective”, however, we dont know how they work, we dont know their side effects to a satisfactory degree, and too many- mostly older drugs- are honestly shots in the dark, created by trial and error and chosen upon landing on a particular result. I understand the lengths scientists and researchers go to in order to develop these drugs (Im a biophysics major) and I know we’ve done the best we can with the current and prior technology and knowledge we’ve had, but I remain skeptical and uneasy with many modern pharmaceuticals.
This is a very interesting idea. It certainly sounds much more promising than using drugs to try to modulate these things.
drewmaster96
May 25, 2021 at 5:54 pm
What happens if an EMP goes off?
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 6:32 pm
We are already absolutely bombarded with EMPs 24 hours a day, all year long in modern society. They’re just small pulses. It affects our bodies every single day. To say, or believe it doesn’t, is to either be in denial, or be ignorant.
Dawn Woodburn
May 25, 2021 at 6:38 pm
Two CME’S on the way today, bet we all feeling it. 🌞
drewmaster96
May 25, 2021 at 6:38 pm
I heard you have a better chance of dying from a vending machine than a shark attack? Can you back that up Think Path? And yeah I believe that our bodies are full of energy aka electricity and vibrations which create electricity. Plus our bodies are made of mostly water. Great insulator to not explode 😂
Mr. Spock
May 25, 2021 at 5:55 pm
Looks like Star Trek
Cori Wood
May 25, 2021 at 5:55 pm
Honestly…I think its a much better thing to focus on getting more people to stop doing/using/ingesting all the things we do in modern life that are CAUSING most of our modern diseases. Focusing on the cause is much healthier for us. We cant change some things already ingrained in our society, but we CAN change what is legally allowed to go into our foods. One of the biggest problems causing so many diseases today is our FOOD SUPPLY. Supermarket foods are almost exclusively garbage. I didnt realize to what extent until a few years ago. It should be illegal, the crap they put in 90% of our foods.
1Smokeaway
May 25, 2021 at 5:58 pm
If it can stimulate you so your happy, I would think they can add something to stimulate anger in you also. Just saying.
Skyler Haute
May 25, 2021 at 6:01 pm
Exactly
THINK PATH
May 25, 2021 at 6:08 pm
fun fact: did u know that more people die from pigs than from sharks!! i will post regular vid like this so make sure to subscribe! btw i’m a kid!!!!
understone
May 26, 2021 at 12:41 am
There is a negative to most technologies. People didn’t want computers because it would take away jobs.
chas ames
May 25, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Dammit. The captioning is off again. Account for the opening, TED.
mindaugas zubrickas
May 25, 2021 at 6:11 pm
Fantasy? Just make a pill that stops alkohol or nicotin dependency and you will get your bilians😁 but you cant..thats all false researches🤥
plant Family
May 25, 2021 at 7:05 pm
New world order
Ligia Sommers
May 25, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Wonderful, amazing, hopeful… but how will the pharmaceutical industry fight this , as they fight everything else that doesn’t benefit them ??? 🙏🏻💖🌹
Nexzor
May 25, 2021 at 9:29 pm
As much as the oil company fighting electronic cars – slowly loosing with less and less influence 😉
Especially if you can make much more money with those electronic stimuli pills over the long run.
Ligia Sommers
May 25, 2021 at 9:34 pm
@Nexzor beautiful answer and that’s exactly how I think . Thank you for your time and kindness 🙏🏻💖🌹
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May 25, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Anyone else’s mouth water? I rewinded the clip just to salivate again and I just ate.
Rick Tha Ruler
May 25, 2021 at 8:39 pm
No way they come out with these pills 💊 to treat diabetes, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s anytime soon 😔
楊小藍
May 25, 2021 at 11:13 pm
i am under pressure of my life , needing it to change my mood , maybe it can make me happier…
Alex Shtepenko
May 26, 2021 at 5:10 am
happiness is inside you, you will never find something external that will make you happy
the_only_god
May 27, 2021 at 2:07 pm
do anulom-bilom breathing exercise for 5 minutes, u will find urself in heaven
Churlz
May 26, 2021 at 1:25 am
So…nanomachines?
aditya karki
May 26, 2021 at 1:29 am
“Brave new world” here we come. Haha
Onatal
May 26, 2021 at 1:37 am
Bravo…🙏♥️😉
LordAxalon
May 26, 2021 at 1:51 am
I wonder how much of it will be confiscated from the US government to create more effective soilders, signal no fear, disable pain receptors etc.
The technology its self is an incredible invention, but like every great invention that is designed for good will always be abused by man. I do hope however that this type of technology will be available globally for an affordable price.
Adalbert Red
May 26, 2021 at 2:03 am
This clearly reminds me of Theranos. BTW, what’s with all the sound effects? Trying to move the attention from the shady text?
ĄĐĤM Adel
May 26, 2021 at 2:43 am
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cybersekkin
May 26, 2021 at 4:02 am
Expect advertising and corporations to use these advances to ensure you are hungry, ensure you have a deeper desire to buy things. So easy for them to abuse when you walk the aisles of the supermarket.
Donny Sandley
May 26, 2021 at 4:55 am
Just saying 😉I’m not big on pancakes 😬
Donny Sandley
May 26, 2021 at 4:57 am
Almond 20 million subscribers and how many comments 🤔
Jay_Gutta_Music
May 26, 2021 at 7:37 am
I heard the word modulator and I thought Marvin The Martian.
Daniel Stanislous
May 26, 2021 at 8:15 am
The applications to this! It can be weaponized.
craig me
May 26, 2021 at 8:56 am
Drone army, here we come, controlled with electronic Ai pills.
BattlingPhoenix
May 26, 2021 at 10:26 am
New world order agenda 2039 you wil own nothing and be happy, wake tf up this is all apart of it
DamnHeadHumpers
May 26, 2021 at 2:12 pm
Thee next Elizabeth Holmes miracle treatment. Why would you want to control arousal lol? This seems like some kind of like quackery.
Why not take actual medicine with a specifically engineered chemical effect? Very little is explained on how this works, or even how it may not work. TED will feature anyone who has the money and idea to sell you something btw. This seems very phishy.
Interopader
May 26, 2021 at 2:19 pm
lol. Shock Therapy for your gut.
John Bray
May 26, 2021 at 5:24 pm
horrid editing
vi bue
May 26, 2021 at 8:47 pm
Most of these illness come from bad habbits and you wont change habbits with a pill..
There is no miracle cure, like the rest everything is hard work. So earn it.
DEZIM1182
May 27, 2021 at 2:40 am
Zap your brain and make you a zombie 🧟♀️
Animesh Sharma
May 27, 2021 at 10:27 am
This is how TED should be!
MDJAK
May 27, 2021 at 12:36 pm
and hopefully this is how medicine will be. excellent. thank goodness for geniuses like you and your colleagues.
totalfreedom45
May 27, 2021 at 2:56 pm
Within 200 years (2221), science and technology will beat all diseases. The only thing, however, getting in the way of us living 1000 or more is entropy. 💕 ☮ 🌎 🌌
Quincy Jones
May 27, 2021 at 11:21 pm
This is huge.
Andrew Skipsey
May 28, 2021 at 12:56 pm
Interesting, so we’re getting electronic drugs now? Let’s all love Lain.
Marconi Satari
May 29, 2021 at 2:01 pm
Wow. From an investor point of view. This seem like this would be a really good project to invest in.
Syril Sabu
May 29, 2021 at 2:54 pm
👍↗️
Kai Orb
May 29, 2021 at 7:40 pm
Thank you for sharing so much. So much faith for people that have been or are inflicted by disease poor health. 🙏
Broockle
May 31, 2021 at 9:22 pm
Abysmal editing aside, this looks interesting
Nhi Đào Ngọc Yến
June 1, 2021 at 2:09 am
how do people absorb this medicine and how can we sure that we can keep it inside during the metabolism process. I mean is it gonna going out with our body wastes or not?