Now you don't need a pill to remember your pills

From the article: The Boston Globe profiled this gadget over the weekend (price tag is $77.50 plus a $29.95 monthly subscription charge), and the accompanying video is worth a watch. You kind of have to see Maya to believe her.

What's the subscription fee for? None of the services this thing provides need human intervention or a central server (except the e-mail, but this does not need to be THEIR server). The costs should be entirely development and production of the physical device. Why does a subscription model make any sense?

Whoa. A much, much simpler version:

http://www.rxvitality.com/

I don't know if I'd say simpler. It's different, and both have their pros and cons.

I think it would depend on how many different pills you're taking at once. For me, I liked the way the Maya was laid out in a grid. It makes it easier to see the big picture.

$80 for a pillbox is pushing it, but I can see the value in this product. But a $30/mo subscription fee? That's ridiculous.

If you pushed me, I could see $5/mo, maybe, but $30 is just silly.