An Entrepreneur Ate a Smart Pill to Show How to Track Your Data

SYDNEY — One entrepreneur from Melbourne is putting his health on the line for the love of his new app.

Chris Koch ate a device inside a tablet at 12 p.m. local time on Monday as part of a competition to promote his business, Pop!, to prove you can keep track of your data anywhere. Even inside his stomach

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Interactive software company Snepo are behind the tablet, which houses a system on a chip (SOC) by RFdigital that includes a Bluetooth low energy component and a processor. Snepo's founder Ben Moir told Mashable the company added 32MB of memory and additional electronics to extend its battery life. The pill-like device uses an Arduino controller and is encased in polyurethane, a material that is sometimes used to make feeding tubes and other medical products, but is not affected by stomach acid. Read more...

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