When you take medication, how can you be assured that it is being released into your system at the necessary location?  Until now, there was less assurance.

However, Philips Healthcare has announced new “intelligent pill technology”.  The iPill has the ability to measure the amount of acid in the digestive tract.  When the pill reaches the location that has the correct acidity level, the medication is released.

Another feature of the iPill noted on Philips’ website is that “the capsule is designed to measure local temperature, and report measurements wirelessly to an external receiver unit.”

To read the full article about this advance in medicine, click here.