Yes, But Does It Get Heartburn?

British researchers have invented an artificial stomach that eats -- and throws up -- just like a human.

The BBC reports:

The device, made from sophisticated plastics and metals,
can withstand the corrosive gut acids and enzymes, and can be fed realfood.

It mimics both the physical and chemical reactions that take place during digestion...

Computer software is used to control how long foodremains in a particular part of the stomach, and the release of the gutsecretions.

It has the capacity of about half the size of an actualstomach, and can "eat" the equivalent of a normal portion of fish andchips.