Vitality GlowCaps smart pill bottle toppers now available on Amazon

Pill poppers rejoice! AT&T-connected Vitality GlowCaps are finally available on Amazon. The intelligent pill caps, which use flashing lights and audio reminders, as well as phone calls and SMS, to remind forgetful patients that it’s down-the-hatch time, retail between $10 and $15 a month through a Vitality connectivity service plan. Details of GlowCap’s functionality were still up in the air when we got our hands on one back in March, but it looks like AT&T and Vitality have ironed out all the smart Rx kinks. Basically, your pill bottle lights up and chimes when it’s time for your meds. As soon as you open the bottle, adherence data is then sent via AT&T to Vitality, who then passes that data on to you, your doctor, and any other approved party, in the form of progress reports. They’re also equipped to automatically refill your prescription when the bottle gets low. Considering you still remember what that little light means when it appears (and you don’t have a penchant for over-medicating), GlowCap might just save your life. We’ve been using ours for about a month now, and still haven’t kicked the bucket — review coming soon. Filed under: Wireless Vitality GlowCaps smart pill bottle toppers now available on Amazon originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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