Smart Pills which can be operated by your Smart Phones

This is very interesting news I want to share with you all this week. This time science and technology has merged completely and Proteus Biomedical Inc. a California based company, has developed a smart pill also known as the Helius system, that has the capability of notifying you or your physician once a prescription drug has been ingested. The drug comes with a tiny digestible silicon-based chip that contains trace amounts of magnesium and copper. Once digested, the metals mix with your stomach acids, creating an electrical charge that’s sent to an external skin patch worn by the patient. This skin patch transmits the information to your iPhone or computer, and is then sent directly to your doctor.

The information not only notifies your doctor that you’ve taken the pill, but it also offers up a full body health check reporting your current heart rate, body temperature, exercise levels and even decides whether or not you’re sleeping well. The Helius system also reminds the patient when the next dosage is due.

HOW IT WORKS

First of all look at the size of pill. It is same as ordinary tablet contains a microchip or a sensor inside.

Once you take this pill, it start reacting with stomach chemicals and activated. In this system, there is a patch or receiver which can be fasten on patient's hand and an application which is installed in your Smart phone or laptop.   

When pill is activated and patch is fastened on your skin, it starts sending unique electrical signals to the patch. Patch sends this data to the Smart phone or laptops by Bluetooth.     

Production of Helius system has been started and scientists are expecting this is a good start and later on they can enhanced it more and make it more useful.

Although there are probably important health benefits associated with this technology, once again the problem lies with the entity implementing the system. Too often, Big Pharma introduces technology that’s financially beneficial to itself rather than to the consumer.

[Source]
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?tag=helius-system
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2087275/New-smart-pill-tells-patients-dose-due.html
http://www.infowars.com/smart-pills-snitch-you-out-to-your-doctor/