A new type of “smart pill” designed to confirm when medications are actually swallowed could one day help doctors better ...

SAFARI is a biodegradable gelatin or cellulose pill casing with a radiofrequency chip that sends a signal confirming ...

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 developed a pill that can wirelessly report when it’s been swallowed. Inside the capsule is a ...

On a November morning in 2022, James Messenger opened wide and swallowed a capsule like no other. Messenger was no stranger to taking pills. He'd first experimented with prescription opioids as a ...

A new "smart pill" is designed to address such shortcomings, utilizing live light-up bacteria. Described as being "the size of a blueberry," the prototype device was created by scientists from MIT, ...

At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers reported that real-time monitoring with smart pill bottles significantly improved adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy compared with standard ...