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Elana Spivack

New “Robot” Pill Can Track Your Heart Rate And Knows If You Stop Breathing

— WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

Pills are not just for taking a vitamin or relieving pain anymore. Devices like the PillCam and the SmartPill can help doctors detect and monitor diseases in areas of the gastrointestinal tract that they can’t easily reach. And engineers are constantly developing new advancements. These “technopills” could change the way we collect health data and even treat diseases.

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