Philips iPill is a smart pill with a brain

Posted in Health by Conner Flynn on November 11th, 2008

Philips iPill is a smart pill with a brainPhilips’ Intelligent Pill is basically a robotic capsule that can handle a bunch of advanced medical functions wile inside of you. For one thing, knowing it’s location in your body. It’s capable of measuring acidity and temperature in the stomach, figures out it’s position and knows whether or not it should release medicine in that spot. The device uses a microprocessor, wireless radio and battery, along with a pump and deposit for the drugs.

The idea is that since it can deliver drugs in the exact spot needed, less drugs are required and that means fewer side effects. According to researchers, the prototype is ready for mass production. And your stomach. Let’s hope it’s not smart enough to lay nano-eggs in you and reproduce.

Gélule the Radio, Clock, Pill concept

Posted in Concepts by Conner Flynn on June 26th, 2008

Gélule the Radio, Clock, Pill concept
Gélule is a concept as strange as it’s name, by Pascal Bardel. It’s kind of a hard concept to swallow. Pun intended. It’s a radio clock shaped like a capsule with a backlit LCD display and an omni-directional speaker. They could use cloth of several colors to go with the color of the LCD display.

The volume can be adjusted by rotating the speaker. When you think about it, it’s really the perfect design for a clock radio, because it’s probably better to have this pill put you to sleep and wake you up. Video below.





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