FDA Approves First Electronic Pill

The Food and Drug Administration, as well as its counterpart in Europe, has approved the first electronic pill. The pill is implanted with a microchip that is about the size of a grain of sand that reacts with digestive materials. Once the pill processes the information, it sends a signal to a patch that the patient wears on his or her arm, which then sends a message to the patient’s physician. After its work is done, the microchip is dissolved and passes through the digestive system like other foods.

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