SmartBottle: An mHealth Approach to Track Liquid Consumption

Abstract

Water consumption is vital to human survival. In the past, being able to accurately and easily track water consumption would not have been a viable possibility. The SmartBottle makes this type of tracking possible. It may not be vital to most of us to know how much water we consume on a daily basis down to the milliliter, but there are several medical conditions which require this type of precision. SmartBottle prototypes have been built by combining the commercial water bottle with a small Bluetooth-enabled microcontroller LightBlue Bean. Validation testing proved that this product is accurate and reliable. This product will revolutionize how doctors monitor patients with hydration-sensitive conditions as well as make it easier for athletes to maintain optimal hydration levels, along with a host of other possibilities.