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Ubicomp pills that can communicate with the outside world

» Smart pills are a "disruptive innovation about to happen".
When one of Proteus's pills is taken, stomach fluids activate the edible communications device it contains, which sends wireless signals through the body to another chip worn as a skin patch or embedded just under the skin. That, in turn, can upload data to a smart-phone or send it to a doctor via the internet. Thus it is easy to make sure a patient is taking his pills at the right time, to spot adverse reactions with other drugs and so on.

Don't miss the caption on the photo. (via MikeK)

 [ 01.22.10 ]




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