Once the OMC detects that a refill is necessary, an automatic e-mail request is sent to the pharmacy. By using smart labels, the OMC even warns you if you pick up the wrong medication. They can be used to keep track of how often the medicine is consumed, who is picking it up and how often it should be taken. It communicates with the embedded computer in the cabinet. Please take one tablet now.
Users can program their own messages.
Wan says that they will begin field tests on the prototype soon, but he doesn't expect ordinary consumers to feel threatened. In fact, Andersen envisions that the OMC will one day be in every home. You have computers everywhere. We now see computers becoming invisible. They are being pushed into the background to serve people's needs instead of the other way around.