Applications of the PANDA

Regardless of how careful doctors and pharmacists are at prescribing medicine, the responsibility of actually taking the correct medication at the right times still falls on the patient. Despite how important it is to take the right medication at the right time, pharmacists still have to give instructions verbally to patients and these instructions grow increasingly complex as the number of prescriptions increase. Using PANDA, patients can bring a pharmacist home with them. Pharmacists are able to fill out an online with drug administration instructions and that information is then transmitted via Wi-Fi using Electric Imp to PANDA, which is fitted with two LEDs per prescription. One that lights up green which means take and one that lights up red that means do not take. The PANDA beeps when it’s time to take medicine and the beeping only stops when a light sensor detects that PANDA has been opened and thus medication has been taken. Because the PANDA is battery-operated, it can be put in the most convenient location. PANDA is great for patients who have to take medicine daily, from those taking Lipitor after a heart attack, to women on birth control.