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Researchers design ingestible sensor for controlled drug release

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MIT wireless pill

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Researchers from MITBrigham & Women’s Hospital and Draper have developed a Bluetooth-controlled ingestible capsule that can sense the temperature of its environment and reside in the stomach for at least a month.

The device, which was tested in an animal study and composed of 3D-printed parts, is powered by a small silver oxide battery and relays data to a smartphone in close range.

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