For tracking , wireless relative frequency designation ( RFID ) chips are the gravid thing since sliced bread . But what if the RFID chip was actually in the chopped bread ?
A student at the Royal College of Art in London , Hannes Harms , has come up with a purpose for an edible RFID flake , part of a arrangement he callsNutriSmart . The chip could commit selective information about the food you eat to a personal computer or , conceivably , a mobile telephone set via a Bluetooth joining .
The idea is that it could send nutritionary data point and ingredient for people who have allergies , or calorie - count for those on diet , or maybe even telling your fridge when the food has gone off . It could even be used to commercialize constituent food , with a chip shot holding data about the rootage of that tuna steak you just bought .
The musical theme still stir a lot of question . First is safety . People ingest electronic cameras often enough – the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first ones a decade ago . But those cameras are used to diagnose serious conditions , not eaten daily . Then there ’s privacy . Do you want the whole domain to know about your nutrient allergy or diabetes ? Are you comfortable tell unknown party your feeding habit ?
Last is toll . RFID chips can be made cheaply , but add together a buck to the cost of a dollar bill intellectual nourishment item is a leap many multitude might not want to make .
It is n’t readable whether hurt could commercialice this – he has present intent for synergistic piece of furniture and a small , portable echography unit , but they seem to be industrial design concepts more than anything else . That said , the idea itself is intriguing and is a nice example of just how far we can take the concept of a wired world . [ Image credit rating : Getty ]
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