Same Old Functions But It Does Look Slick
The Capshell, featured at the Yanko Design Blog, operates much like the other automated pill dispensers:
The device records when medication is taken, and shows the user the correct intervals programmed by the pharmacist. If not activated at the correct time, the device sends an alert to the users phone via text, or “SMS.” Once in the grip of the user, it opens easily by turning round, revealing the opening corresponding with the time of day. This way of opening is helpful to the elderly, as it eliminates hard-to-open caps. Each days replacement tube is labeled clearly with text and with Braille numbering.
The packaging is, however, unique. The steel and gray containers seem a 1990s update of the venerable pneumatic tubes, a design dating to the early 1800s.
Pneumatic Tube used in some US post offices
Even the opening latch mechanism seems familiar.
Capshell
I am keeping the Capshell in mind. It should look great in Mom’s Manhattan pied-a-tier.
