Here’s one more entry in the Parallax microMedic 2013 contest. [Tim] phone calls it his Propeller-based Web Logging pill Dispenser (PDF file), or P.I.L. Box for short.
The hardware is a base system into which a typical plastic pill organizer is placed. We such as this design, as numerous pharmacies will fill pill boxes for you as well as this doesn’t complicate that process. You just pull out the appropriate box at the beginning of the week as well as put it in the base unit. You can see one white LED is shining on the Monday slot in the box. This lights up starting an hour before the set pill taking time. This method if you walk by it reminds you. There is likewise a voice tailor made to frighten the elderly that comes out of the speaker, as well as a easy messages spelled out on the set of seven section displays. The base system detects when you press the button to open the pill box as well as counts that as a correctly administered dosage.
Now, if you fail to remember to take the pill it’s not a great thing. The server, which is running on the laptop, will rat you out. It utilizes the Twitter API to alert whomever is complying with it — implied for a family member or caregiver — that a dosage was missed. Let’s hope they’re great at keeping up with their Twitter feed!
We keep in mind seeing one other microMedic entry so far, this heart-shaped heart simulator. however we’re going to look around as well as see exactly how numerous other great ones we’ve missed.