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The Sip Safe Wristband Can Test Your Drink For Drugs

posted by janrinok on Tuesday April 24 2018, @06:25PM   
from the safer-sipping dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The Sip Safe wristband lets you dab on a drop of your drink to test if it's been spiked.

You learn the rules early when you go to gigs, festivals and bars: Always keep an eye on your drink. Watch out for strangers. Be careful who you leave your glass with.

But now an Australian invention could change that (and put less onus on young people -- especially women -- to completely change the way they act when they're out).

The Sip Safe is a wristband designed for concerts and festivals that lets you test for drugs in your drink. Dab a drop of your drink onto the two spots on the band, wait two minutes till the liquid dries, and if the spots turn darker blue, that's a sign that your drink could have been spiked.

It's not the first invention designed to make drink safety easy -- we've seen drug-testing drinkware, sensors that look like swizzle sticks and even nail polish that tests for date-rape drugs. 

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• Re:Neat but will anyone really use it? Re:Neat but will anyone really use it? (Score: 4, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:00PM (1 child)

  by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:00PM (#671296) Journal

  On the other hand, the limitations aren't too onerous for my use-case: ensuring there ARE drugs in my drink.

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• Re:Neat but will anyone really use it? (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:01AM

  by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:01AM (#671425) Journal

  Spiking your *own* drink won't get you laid.

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  "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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