The sensor detects two popular date rape drugs but cannot yet point out Rohypnol, the “roofie” drug.
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Professor Fernando Patolsky and Doctor Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University’s school of chemistry say the sensor can tell you in real time whether your martini or your mocktail has been spiked with either of the two most common date-rape drugs.
“You just dip it into your drink, it might actually look like a stirrer in the final production, it’s tiny, very tiny,” Ioffe told AFP.
“And you don’t even have to hold it up to the light and the system will let you know whether there are drugs dissolved in your drink.”
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The device sucks up a tiny drop of the suspect beverage and puts it in contact with the patented chemical formula devised by Patolsky and Ioffe.
“The drug itself is reacting with this chemical formulation and the previously clear formula becomes dirty and when the light shines it you can detect it,” Ioffe said. “You don’t have to do anything but dip it in your drink.”
The two scientists tested their device on a range of popular cocktails as well as soft drinks and other beverages and found it was able to correctly tell which had been spiked 100 percent of the time. More
- The sensor can tell you in real time whether your cocktail has been spiked.
- Scientists are working to expand the device’s detection capacity to include Rohypnol, the “roofie” drug.
Professor Fernando Patolsky and Doctor Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University’s school of chemistry say the sensor can tell you in real time whether your martini or your mocktail has been spiked with either of the two most common date-rape drugs.
“You just dip it into your drink, it might actually look like a stirrer in the final production, it’s tiny, very tiny,” Ioffe told AFP.
“And you don’t even have to hold it up to the light and the system will let you know whether there are drugs dissolved in your drink.”
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The device sucks up a tiny drop of the suspect beverage and puts it in contact with the patented chemical formula devised by Patolsky and Ioffe.
“The drug itself is reacting with this chemical formulation and the previously clear formula becomes dirty and when the light shines it you can detect it,” Ioffe said. “You don’t have to do anything but dip it in your drink.”
The two scientists tested their device on a range of popular cocktails as well as soft drinks and other beverages and found it was able to correctly tell which had been spiked 100 percent of the time. More
