• walterpeck1@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I had a similar thought. After reading the article this seems to be more for industrial or investigative use, where the one hour delay is actually fast. It doesn’t seem like something that is intended to be used to double check if random food is spoiled in your house. Think of a situation in which foodborne illness is being investigated. This device could provide an answer in an hour, as opposed to sending food off to a lab to check days later. Or, a factory could use it to keep more real time tracking of the food they’re making since a lot of foodborne illness starts there. One hour of delay is still pretty good since the food is tracked and likely wouldn’t have left the factory by then.

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      1 year ago

      I wish they would produce a home version. I lost my sense of smell over 10 years ago and I struggle with figuring out if something is off or not.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah good for mass checking. But then, why shape like a nose which likes a consumer product move?