As parents of children with peanut sensitivities well know, awareness of what’s in their kids’ food is of paramount importance. In order to detect this allergen — and many others — engineers at UCLA have created a system called iTube. It involves placing a small amount of food in a test tube with chemicals, shining a light on it, and then using a smartphone’s camera and a specially-designed app to analyze the light for signs of particular ingredients, such as peanuts, eggs, or other allergens.
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Food Testing for Safe Tasting
Posted by: Vivian Wagner May 21, 2013 05:00 AMAs parents of children with peanut sensitivities well know, awareness of what’s in their kids’ food is of paramount importance. In order to detect this allergen — and many others — engineers at UCLA have created a system called iTube. It involves placing a small amount of food in a test tube with chemicals, shining a light on it, and then using a smartphone’s camera and a specially-designed app to analyze the light for signs of particular ingredients, such as peanuts, eggs, or other allergens.