Pill dispenser with alarm via smart phone notification

Abstract

Medication misuse among the elderly has become a big issue in healthcare industry. Especially for those who have been prescribed several different medications at once, and for a prolonged duration of time, they tend to forget to take their medicine on time, or they easily taking wrong medicine on same time. Hence, we propose a pill dispenser with alarm system to help them taking right medication at the appropriate time. Combination of infrared sensor and Arduino microcontroller control the medication dose. Alarm system is implemented via popup notification on the user's smart phone.