Technology makes strict medicine regimens "SIMpill"

A device developed in South Africa could bring relief to people living with diseases like HIV/AIDS, and who are bound to strict medicine regimens. The SIMpill, created by Dr David Green, is a pill bottle that uses mobile phone technology to remind patients on long-term medication to take their tablets, and warn them if they are about to take an extra dose by mistake. Green told a local newspaper, Business Day, that at more than US $300 per patient per year his invention was not cheap, but it offered potentially massive savings to medical schemes and the state. The SIMpill is expected to be launched in February.