Firefighers in Australia using ingestible capsule to monitor core body temperature

Engadget: “A new swallowable pill has been trialled with 50 firefighters in Australia, aimed at monitoring body temperatures and other vital readings when working under extreme conditions. Using Equivital’s VitalSense Core Temperature capsules, they transmit readings to the companion EQ02 LifeMonitor, housed on the chest. This then sends data on skin temperature, heart rate and respiration rate to an external computer.”

The ingestible capsule works in conjunction with Hidalgo‘s Equivital belt. According to medGadget the belt is the same one “used by Felix Baumgartner in his brilliant Red Bull Stratos jump”.

I have to admit, this is both creepy and cool all at the same time. The capsule, along with all the tech wizardry is made by Equivital.

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