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GLOBAL ON-LINE FINALS
December 4th , 2013
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THE FOOD DETECTIVESPRESENT,
SMARTPHONES WITH CHEMICAL ANALYSERS
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INDIA – The Food Detectives
Using a combination of the STEM knowledge and entrepreneurial skills in your team,
come up with a innovative, commercially viable solution (product, scheme or service)
to a prominent issue effecting your community. How will your solution make a lasting positive impact and create social
change. How can mobile technology play a role?
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THE PROBLEM• Food Adulteration • People with Calorie Restrictions and
Optimum Nutrition • Unhealthy contents in food items
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THE SOLUTION• A Smartphone with chemical analysers.• An analyser in the shape of a retractable
spoon is installed in the Smartphone which when dipped in food stuffs analyses the food content
• This allows greater portability • Enables people to keep a tab on their food
intake and knowing the components of the food they have.
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INNOVATION• This is an innovation as it allows more
people to know their food intake.• The device is portable and can be carried
to restaurants, and can even be used to check adulteration.
• The Smartphone can therefore become smarter and act as a nutrition expert.
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FINANCES AND IMPLEMENTATION• The food sector and the technical industry
need to collaborate and manufacture the product.
• The device includes the Smartphone, and the chemical analyser and the cost is approximately Rs.5000/-(for the analyzer) over the original Smartphone price.
• The product can be promoted by gyms, hospitals and nutrition experts.
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TECHNOLOGY• Chemical Sensors for Biomedical, Food and
Environmental Applications(CSBFEA), used to determine Biogenic compounds
• Its redox state provides a means by which the quality of food product can be established rapidly and inexpensively by using chemical (optical and/or electrochemical) sensors.
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