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A scanner that checks your fruit's nutritional value

London: What if you can get the nutritional value of an apple or a watermelon by just scanning it with a hand-held device?Thanks to Consumer Physics' SCiO “pocket molecular sensor,” a device that fits on




The technology behind the SCiO device is three years in the making based on a near-IR spectroscopy method, which creates a unique optical signature using molecule vibration's interaction with a light source.

A light source produced by the SCiO, known as a spectrometer, acts as an optical sensor by collecting nutritional information through the interaction between the light and molecules. Information is quickly uploaded to your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.

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