Swallowing it causes the coating to dissolve, which releases the antenna. This activates a radio-frequency tag, providing a time stamp for ingestion to be picked up by a nearby reader, like a wearable ...

Countless patients, and their loved ones, struggle with maintaining rigid and complex medication regimens day in and day out. Moreover, doctors lack reliable ways to monitor compliance. Now, MIT ...

A new type of “smart pill” designed to confirm when medications are actually swallowed could one day help doctors better track whether patients are taking prescriptions as directed. The technology, ...

This post was co-authored by Stacey Humphries, Ph.D. Would you take a pill if it made you more productive at work? Or perform better in school? Would you care if other people around you took such a ...

Your medication might start tattling on you if you skip a dose. Scientists at MIT have developed a groundbreaking smart pill that can wirelessly report the moment it’s been swallowed, giving doctors a ...

Imagine a world where your pill could actually tell your doctor: “Yes, I’ve been taken.” That’s no longer science fiction. MIT engineers have created a revolutionary smart pill that reports from ...

Smart pill bottles may boost adherence to oral breast cancer therapies through daily reminders and tracking, though cost and technology barriers remain, says Steven Manobianco, MD. I think that the ...