IoT biometric pill bottle cap wins innovation contest

A bottle cap for medications secured with fingerprint biometrics has won a competition for pharmaceutical packaging. The Call4Ideas contest called for child-resistant closure systems that incorporated biometrics and was run by Bormioli Pharma and Desall.com.

The Turn-It project uses biometric fingerprint authentication to prevent anyone except the intended patient from accessing the medication inside. The project exceeds the need for a child-resistant closure system.

The project was created by an industrial design team in Lima, Peru. Team members included …

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