We talk IoT · 2026-05-21 · 28 min
Around 50% of medications are not taken on time. In ageing societies, the consequences range from hospital readmissions to preventable deaths. The costs run into millions of euros every year. In this episode, Daniel Böber, hardware developer at wirewire, explains how his three-person team tackled this problem with the ANABOX smart. A connected pill dispenser that runs on NB-IoT, requires no Wi-Fi, and is already deployed in nursing homes across Europe. The patient never touches an app. The carer does. Daniel discusses the deliberate design choice to keep the device analogue-looking and the digital layer invisible to the patient; the regulatory journey through EU MDR Class I certification and pharmacy approval; and what it takes to get a health insurer to add a hardware product to its catalogue. He also reflects honestly on what went wrong, including a full hardware redesign after elderly users couldn't open the compartments, and on wirewire's broader ambition to digitalise everyday objects unobtrusively.
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