Taking your temperature from the inside

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MIT engineers have developed a miniature ingestible temperature sensor capable of providing continuous internal body temperature updates. This device offers a more accurate alternative to traditional oral and forehead thermometers.

Oral and forehead thermometers may not accurately capture a person’s core body temperature, and the few ingestible temperature sensors on the market are so big they are hard to swallow and risk obstructing the GI tract. But MIT engineers created one that can send continuous temperature updates at a size of just six by four…