Ingestible LifeMonitor pill warns firefighters that risk succumbing to heat stress

A new data-transmitting pill could save the lives of firefighters by providing a warning when their vitals are showing signs of heat stress. Researchers in Australia gave the Equivital EQ02 LifeMonitor pill to 50 firefighters during a rescue training exercise and monitored their core body temperature . That information is delivered to a device on each firefighter's chest (which itself tracks skin temperature and heart / respiratory rates) and then sent to an external computer a safe distance fro...