Pill Monitors Athletes' Body Heat

A few NFL teams are trying out a capsule that measures core body temperature. Trainers hope the protective device will prevent death from heat exhaustion, symptoms of which are sometimes masked until it's too late.

The Core Temp Ingestible Core Body Temperature Sensor was developed in the late 1980s by HQ, of Palmetto, Florida, as a research tool used for a number of projects, including monitoring how certain pharmaceutical drugs affect the body's core temperature. ...

Source: Wired News