240. Swallow Confirmed: Smart Pills That “Ping” From Your Stomach

from The Next Byte · host Daniel Scott Mitchell, Farbod Moghaddam

(02:20) Pills that communicate from the stomach could improve medication adherence(07:13) Innovative Solutions for Tracking Medication(10:46) The Technology Behind the Smart Pill(13:42) Conclusion and Future Implications This episode was brought to you by Mouser, our go-to source for electronics parts for any hobby or prototype. Click HERE to learn more about making healthcare smarter with electronics. Become a founding reader of our newsletter: http://read.thenextbyte.com/ As always, you can find these and other interesting & impactful engineering articles on Wevolver.com.

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In this episode, we talk about MIT's bio-resorbable RFID smart pill that activates in ~10 minutes after swallowing to verify a dose in real time.

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