This Digital Pill Can Identify What You Feel: Pill Will Monitor Plane Passengers’ Feelings
A digital pill is now capable of telling what and how you feel during a flight. British Airways has found a way to make sure its passengers are feeling alright using a sensor-packed digital pill.
According to a report from CNET the major airline British Airways has just filed for a patent application for a digital pill that can record how a plane passenger is feeling while on a flight. The news site reported that the smart pill has sensors that can measure a passenger's body temperature, stomach acidity, as well as their heart rate.
The pills were also said to be able to monitor a passenger's movement, their sleep phase, and could tell if a passenger is feeling nervous. This will help cabin crews identify what you need and when you need it without even asking for it.
The patent application for the smart digital pill states that coming up with such idea will help improve travel efficiencies in aircraft travel environment, by putting the passengers' wellness and wellbeing, as reported by The Telegraph. The pill was said to be of size of an almond, with sensors and microphones that can help track a passenger's vitals.
The report also stated that the digital pill will take one or two days to pass through one's digestive system. When the passenger swallows the pill, its sensors will activate in the stomach and transmit information through a patch to be worn by the passenger.
Daily Mail also reported that a passenger's vitals can also be monitored using a smartphone application. The site added the Proteus device is mainly used in hospitals for doctors to monitor whether their patients are complying with their medical prescriptions.
British Airlways is hoping that the digital pill will help provide information on the physiological state of their passengers. The airlines also stated according to the report that their company are always looking to deliver new innovations to their passengers, by developing ideas and filing for patents.
