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Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new type of pill box--one that works like a computer. The box is called EMMA(tm), or Electronic Medication Management Assistant.

The pill box is about the size of a bread maker and holds one month's worth of medication. When it is time to take your medicines, the pill box makes a noise and shows a message on its computer screen. From there, it works just like a vending machine. You push a button on the screen, and the medicines come out.

Because it is like a computer, the pill box can be linked to the Internet. With special software, your doctor, nurse or pharmacist can tell the pill box when you should take each medicine and how much.
--Silverscript, 2007