A pill identification device having a mechanical device that is adapted to roll a pill along various axes of the pill, an optical device to record or transmit images of the pill and an algorithm to compare an identifier of the pill to a database having known identifiers of known pills is disclosed. A method of identifying a pill using the pill identification device of the embodiment of this invention is disclosed herein. Also, a method of manufacturing the pill identification device of the embodiments of this invention is disclosed herein.