A pill thermometer is an ingestible thermometer that allows a person's

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to be continuously monitored. It was developed by NASA in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University for use with astronauts. Since then the pill has been used by mountain climbers, football players, cyclists, F1 drivers. and in the mining industry. The Thermometer Pill is currently manufactured by the company, HQ Inc under the brand name CorTemp.

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HQ Inc
- the manufacturer of the pill * The pill'
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of the NOVA episode, "Deadly Ascent" which features the pill prominently {{DEFAULTSORT:Pill Thermometer Thermometers NASA spin-off technologies