Um…this gadget isn't something you should actually want to buy, but you might want your doctor to have one. Still, days when I get to type words like "colonoscope" and "sedationless", especially together, into a search engine that I love my job the most. Really.

The Germans, being the efficient and thoughtful chaps that they are, have been considerate enough to invent the Invendoscope SC-40, which is supposed to be so comfortable - and fun, even - that people going in for colonoscopies will cease to need sedatives. That's the theory anyway.

I'd need a sedative just to walk into the room. I've seen enough episodes of "House" and the attending expressions of sheer agony on the faces of presumably sedated characters to know my doc will have to drug me unconscious if he ever decides to do a colonoscopy on me.

This gadget is a pretty cool-looking thing if you don't know what it is and especially if it has never been used before. It's a silver snaky thing with a camera on the end. Maybe there are other uses for it than what it was intended for, like finding a kitten in a shaft or something. Maybe animal rescue groups could use these gadgets. That would be really cool.

Actually, medical technology is one of the most interesting, coolest technology around. Even if you don't get to buy this scope - or want to buy it - it's interesting to know what it's used for, if you're not actually facing one down yourself.

It's amazing how un-cool some really cool gadgets can get if you have to become intimate with them. You try to become interested, but it's kind of like thinking about chucking a tiger under the chin when it's about to eat you.

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Posted by Rhonda.