Technology capacitive what investigates Microsoft comes to the food world with a curious and surprising tablecloth that recognizes food that are placed on it. All thanks to a fabric specially developed to fulfill this function of recognition of fruits, non-metallic objects and liquids. This technological and interactive innovation could have multiple applications in the future in various fields. Here we tell you more details about this novelty that has left us stunned.
Capacitive sensing, key
This tablecloth that recognizes food -for calling you in an understandable way and that everyone can get an idea of what the invention- is really eye-catching. Especially since you may be thinking like us: why is this needed? Will it be used for something important or will solve any need that has not yet been successfully addressed? We still do not know the answers to all this, but if we are working on this material it will be for something. We imagine you will have your potential.
At the moment, we know that a group of researchers from the famous brand Microsoft, in collaboration with different universities Americans and also Chinese (curious fact), have already managed to create that specific fabric never seen. With him you could make a rubber for any table in a house, for example. The most important thing it has is that it uses a technology called capacitive sensing.
This way you can detect and specify what has been placed on top of that tablecloth to recognize food. But in this last point is the key, since previously the use of this technology in metallic objects had been investigated. Now, we want to address the identification of organic material through some electrical sensors They react when they come into contact with it.
This is the tablecloth that recognizes food
To achieve their goal, the experts first developed a prototype with a electrically conductive grid. Together with a group of electrodes attached to a tissue but with good separation, they managed to maximize the area of sensitivity and detection. The tests or trials to evaluate its capacity in up to 20 different objects revealed 94,5% correctness.
Thus, it is possible since the tablecloth to recognize food can successfully detect a kiwi, an orange or a avocado, as can be seen in the following video that shows its operation. Still in its infancy, the cloth is unable to hit certain objects that do not have a clear capacitance or fingerprint. It also does not provide accurate results on certain beverages such as beer.
Many applications and useful?
Surely the researchers are clear about what their applications in various fields and sectors. In that of food, specifically, its great utility would be in making a pursuit of food consumption or set a diet exact, especially in relation to caloric consumption. Even in tasks of QA of products can be very interesting this tool. As well as its function could be suggest dishes based on the ingredients detected at the table.
On the other hand, experts from Microsoft they believe that their tablecloth that recognizes food can help with memory problems. In this way it would remind consumers that certain fruits have been left unpicked on the table, for example.
Perhaps in the future we will know with more certainty what kind of solutions this invention provides. What would you use it for?
