System and method for detection of a contaminated beverage
An apparatus is configured to detect a beverage that is contaminated with a substance. The apparatus may include a testing material, wherein the testing material may comprise a cavity having a complementary shape to a molecule associated with the substance. The apparatus may include a taste substance filling the cavity, wherein the taste substance filling the cavity may bleed out into the beverage when the molecule associated with the substance in the beverage replaces the taste substance filling the cavity, wherein a taste of the beverage may change when the taste substance bleeds out into the beverage as an indicator that the substance is present in the beverage.
1. An apparatus configured to detect a beverage that is contaminated with a substance, comprising:
a testing material, wherein the testing material comprises a molecularly imprinted polymer with a cavity having a complementary shape to a molecule associated with the substance; and
a taste substance having a distinct taste and attached to a template molecule, wherein the template molecule the cavity, wherein the beverage has a first taste, wherein the taste substance attached to the template molecule filling the cavity bleeds out into the beverage when the molecule associated with the substance in the beverage replaces the template molecule filling the cavity, wherein the first taste of the beverage changes to a second taste to include the distinct taste of the taste substance when the template molecule attached to the taste substance bleeds out into the beverage as an indicator that the substance is present in the beverage, wherein the taste substance attached to the template molecule is food grade.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a stirrer.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a straw.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a beverage container.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the distinct taste is at least one of sour, bitter, and sweet.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the substance includes a drug.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the substance includes a date rape drug.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the beverage is food.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the testing material is at least on an inside portion of at least one of a stirrer, a straw, and a beverage container.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the testing material is at least on an outside portion of at least one of a stirrer, a straw, a beverage container, and a utensil.
11. A method for producing an apparatus configured to detect a beverage that is contaminated with a substance, comprising:
creating a testing material that comprises a molecularly imprinted polymer with a cavity having a complementary shape to a molecule associated with the substance; and
filling the cavity with a template molecule, wherein the template molecule is attached to a taste substance, the taste substance having a distinct taste, wherein the beverage has a first taste, wherein the taste substance attached to the template molecule filling the cavity bleeds out into the beverage when the molecule associated with the substance in the beverage replaces the template molecule filling the cavity, wherein the first taste of the beverage changes to a second taste to include the distinct taste of the taste substance when the template molecule attached to the taste substance bleeds out into the beverage as an indicator that the substance is present in the beverage, wherein the taste substance attached to the template molecule is food grade.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a stirrer.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a straw.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the testing material is at least a portion of a beverage container.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the distinct taste is at least one of sour, bitter, and sweet.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the substance includes a drug.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein the substance includes a date rape drug.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein the beverage is food.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein the testing material is at least on an inside portion of at least one of a stirrer, a straw, and a beverage container.
20. The method of claim 11 wherein the testing material is at least on an outside portion of at least one of a stirrer, a straw, a beverage container, and a utensil.