What pill should I take?
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Perhaps named after this civilization in Central America since 1800 BC, at which mathematics was part of the religious sphere and represented forms of knowledge and control of sacred energies, or perhaps it is simply a name chosen because it sounds good and is easy to remember, the fact is that Maya promises to be a successful tool.
It is a pill technology that flashes and beeps when it’s time to take a medicine. Manufactured by MedMinder Systems, is a device equipped with 28 small containers of sufficient size to accommodate more pills each: there are four preset times for each day of the week.
When it is time to take a medicine, a white light at the proper container starts to flash, if you open the wrong one, a siren warning of the error. Patients more lazy or distracted will not be left alone, because Maya will continue to flash and emit sounds more and more intense until the container just has not been open and emptied of its contents. (more…)