Missile technology could be miniaturized to create a medical product. The Pill CAM

Missile technology could be miniaturized to create a medical product.^[

Good science can be used to do Both Good and  bad things.
 A company in the  Business of killing people  can also save lives sometimes.
is this not the eternal human dilemma ?

Given Imaging was founded in 1998 by Dr. Gabi Iddan and Dr. Gavriel Meron, initial funding for the company was provided by Elron Electronic Industries, Israel's leading technology holding company, in cooperation with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Today Elron still holds 28% Given Imaging's shares.^[2] The idea for the solution was developed by Dr. Iddan, while working in the missile division of Rafael, where he envisioned that missile technology could be miniaturized to create a medical product.^[3]

The company's first capsule endoscopy products was named M2A capsule and received it CE marking in May 2001 and in August 2001 was cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for visualization of abnormalities of the small intestine^[4] The capsule uses a radio developed for Given by Zarlink Semiconductor's medical team in San Diego and Jarfalla, Sweden.