Edible "Intelligent Pills"

Ian Lamont sends along a brief note from the Industry Standard about "intelligent" pills that can help doctors record information about drug dosages, heart rate, respiratory rate, and other metrics. The pills, being developed by Proteus Biomedicals, have "digestible sensors" made out of food products and are activated by stomach fluids. A receiver that is similar to a skin patch picks up the data and can be passed on to a 3G mobile network, and from there to hospitals or doctors' offices. According to the Proteus site, the sensors cost a few cents per pill. The devices, currently in clinical trials, made #8 on Wired's list of the top technology breakthroughs of 2008.

Not what I need

[Verteiron]

Wake me when they have edible intelligence pills.

Damn! Intelligent Pills don't make me smart

[syousef]

Anyone else reading the article think "Hot damn! Now I'll be able to do that PhD, get laid, get rich and retire in 5 years. I just have to pop lots of pills"? Sometimes reading the article (or even the summary in this case) can be a real bummer. I should've known better.

These pills taste like

[Mesa MIke]

..rabbit shit!"

"See, you're getting smarter already!"

Re:Not what I need

[philspear]

Wake me when they have edible intelligence pills.

That's actually what they are, but the side-effect is either diminished typing skills or diminished grammar skills, not sure which yet though.

Oblig. Futurama

[Dachannien]

Fry: I can't swallow that!
Farnsworth: Well then, good news! It's a suppository.

And the Aliens

[JumpDrive]

And all this time the aliens have been probing my ass, when all's they had to do is make me swallow a pill.
Those bastards.

Is it OK ....

[PPH]

... to mix these intelligence pills with booze? That way we could break even.

Digestable intelligent pills

[joeyblades]

Nit pick, but suppositories not withstanding, most pills are edible...

Actually, most suppositories are probably edible... but I digest...errr... digress ;-)

Re:Not what I need

[Anonymous Coward]

Make sure they're edible ones, I'd hate to have some inedible pills.

Re:Not what I need

[Starayo]

Not to mention buffout. Though I always tend to get addicted to the stuff.

Re:Not what I need

[enemorales]

If these pills are so smart, how is it they cannot avoid been eaten?

Re:Not what I need

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

I don't know where your brain is, buddy. I'm not sure I want to know.

Re:Not what I need

[MadUndergrad]

Good news! It's a suppository.

Re:A boon to compliance monitoring

[Muad'Dave]

It does if the pill, on its way out, releases Habanero juice into your guts if it detects that you've been a bad boy and not taken your meds.