Edible "Intelligent Pills"

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @10:51AM from the success-with-heart-failure dept.

Ian Lamont sends along a brief note from the Industry Standard about "intelligent" pills that can help doctors record information about drug dosages, heart rate, respiratory rate, and other metrics. The pills, being developed by Proteus Biomedicals, have "digestible sensors" made out of food products and are activated by stomach fluids. A receiver that is similar to a skin patch picks up the data and can be passed on to a 3G mobile network, and from there to hospitals or doctors' offices. According to the Proteus site, the sensors cost a few cents per pill. The devices, currently in clinical trials, made #8 on Wired's list of the top technology breakthroughs of 2008.

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8Th? by rcuhljr · 2009-01-20 11:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Did subby read the article? it placed 9th on the list I saw.
Smart pills? by LoRdTAW · 2009-01-20 11:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ah! These are the opposite of the stupid pills Mr. Potato head spoke of. Interesting.
Re:Yes! by HTH+NE1 · 2009-01-20 12:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I for one welcome our intelligent pill overlords
At least they'll be better than our intelligent deuterium ore-valords.

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Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Drink me, eat me. by Neanderthal+Ninny · 2009-01-20 12:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This looks like something from "Inner space" sans Dennis Quaid character "Lt. Tuck Pendelton".