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Scientists invent robot pill that releases drugs by bluetooth from smartphone

The new innovation takes instruction from the outside world via Bluetooth.

A robot pill that sticks in the stomach and releases drugs when prompted by mobile phone is being hailed by experts as a “really exciting” development.

The device, which unfolds into a Y-shape after being swallowed, is linked to the outside world via Bluetooth.

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