Jan Poope, an artist living in Prague, Czech Republic, has created the Audiopill, a new music experience. It is the world's first swallowable audio device.


When you swallow the Audiopill, you can feel the bass rumbling inside your body. The sensation, Poope explains, is "like standing in the middle of a hall with a powerful audio system.

Just by swallowing, the "Audiopill" gives you the experience of being in a club. But there is one difference between a club and an Audiopill. In a club, you share the same music with many other people. In a club, you share the same music with many people, but in an Audiopill, only the person who swallows it can hear the sound. The people around you will not hear the intense sound at all.

If you make a heavy bass sound in your apartment, your neighbors are likely to get angry with you. For those who live in such an environment, the Audiopill might be a great device that doesn't leak sound.

There are three types of bass beats to choose from: 95BPM, 130BPM, and 143BPM. 95BPM is Grinderman's "No Pussy Blues," 130BPM is Die Antwoord's " I Fink U freeky," and 143BPM is M. I. A.'s " I Fink U freeky. The "143BPM" is the same beat as M. I. A.'s " Bad Girls ".

A magnet is used to switch the beat on the Audiopill. By holding the magnet close to the device, you can switch the beat and turn it on and off. Since it is a device that is swallowed, it is not possible to install a switch on the outside of the device, so they decided to do it this way.

Poope said that the Audiopill has many possibilities. For example, it can be used in combination with Sirio, a medical device. When the Sirio, a low-frequency ultrasound therapy device, is used in combination with the Audiopill, the sound produced by the Audiopill becomes more complex, Poope said.



People who have Sirio applied to their bodies feel as if high frequency sounds are being played in their heads. The sound is said to be like a dentist's drill. Poope claims that when the high frequency sound is combined with the bass of the Audiopill, a new sound is created.


These are just some of the new possibilities that the Audiopill may open up. But the device seems to have a lot of downsides as well.

Once you've turned on the Audiopill, set the beat, and swallowed it, there's no way to turn it off or switch the beat, and the only way to stop the heavy bass is to wait for the battery to run out after 10 hours or to be drained.

If you are in a club, if you get tired of the music, you can just open the door and walk out of the bar to get away from the beat. But if you swallow the "Audiopill", you can't escape the beat until the battery runs out.

Also, doctors have warned against "Audiopill", saying that you should never swallow such a thing. For this reason, Poope states that use is at your own risk.

Ms. Poope hopes to sell the "Audiopill" for about 15,000 Japanese yen. That's a lot of money for a disposable device that you can't control and that doctors warn you not to take. I don't recommend purchasing it, but I'd like to take a look at it.