Chip and pill: The hi-tech tablet that will text you when it’s time to take another dose (www.dailymail.co.uk, 14 August 2010)

“The chips in the pills send signals to a patch attached to the patient’s shoulder when swallowed…

“The system, known as Raisin, also monitors heart rate, heart activity and how well the patient is sleeping …

“Once activated, the sensor sends a low-power digital signal through the body to a receiver that is either an patch or tiny device inserted under the skin. This decodes and records the information….

“[EU certification] paves the way for the system to be combined with a range of medicines, and clinical trials have begun in the US with drugs for diabetes, organ transplants, mental health and tuberculosis…” [covers everyone]

They are concerned about containing costs for health care systems which are not under our control, so I doubt this type of technology will be left under the patient’s control.

It looks like they have solved the “compliance” problems of pharmacological dictatorship, presented in THX 1138 and Equilibrium.

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