In recent days, the discussion about the "rape pill" has taken on the background of the case of the rape of 24-year-old Georgia Bika in a suite of a luxury hotel in Thessaloniki, on New Year's Eve.
"We discussed it and decided to sit alone in a corner, until the moment they offered me a drink. "I drank champagne and what I was offered I did not know what it was ..." said the 24-year-old in an interview she had given, with the toxicological examinations that are expected to come out in the near future to shed light on the case and the possibility that the people involved threw some substance to the 24-year-old's drink.
This criminal practice is common in the United States and, according to gov1.com, in every college city in America and wherever there is a club or bar, it is considered relatively easy to find the infamous rape pill.
For this reason, inventors and scientists have been trying for years to discover devices that detect the drug in the drink. At the moment there are coasters, cups, straws, nail polishes and even a smart device that has the ability to prevent danger.
The coaster that locates the substance with two drops of drink
The biggest advantage of this Florida-based Drink Safe Technologies rape detection gadget is that it is available on their website and on Amazon.com.
Bars, schools, human rights organizations, social groups, and individuals can buy them and move around safely.
The coasters can be stored in a wallet or bag and do not interact directly with the beverage, which means that the product does not require approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The website indicates that the coasters require light, two drops of a drink and then a few minutes to determine if there is indeed any illegal substance in the drink. Therefore, it can produce the wrong result if the consumer does not use it properly.
The varnish that became… currency
Four engineering students at North Carolina State University began developing a nail polish for rape drugs in 2015 called SipChip.
With the varnish, the person concerned painted his nail, put it in the glass with the drink and understood that the drink was adulterated, if the nail changed color. Now, seven years later, this technology has improved and has a detection efficiency of more than 99%.
With a coin tablet - you can carry it in your keys - you dip it in the drink and it works like a pregnancy test.
With one line the drink has drugs, with two it is pure. The result comes out within three minutes.
The straws and the glasses
After being drugged while out one night, Boston attorney Michael Abramson began developing DrinkSavvy technology, which monitors your rape drug drink overnight. So even if you buy a clean drink and someone pills you, this technology promises to detect it right away.
Although it started with the production of special straws, now the company also produces glasses. Drink Savvy raised more than $ 50.000 in 2012 through a month-long crowdfunding campaign, according to CNN. The following year, Abramson told NBC Connecticut that the products would soon be sold to bars and private individuals.
DrinkSavvy is not the only one trying to market a drug detection straw. Three students in Florida invented "smart" straws that turn blue in case a drug is found in the drink.
The gadget that with a light bulb shows the danger
It is called pd.id and is the personal gadget for detecting rape pills in the drink. Created by a team of researchers from Toronto, it is the size of a USB stick, reusable, simple and costs about $ 75.
Red and green LED lights inform the user whether a drink is safe or not. According to the campaign to promote the device, it can even send notifications to a smartphone if a drink is found to be "disturbed". At the end it is rinsed with water. Of course, it has not yet been released to the general market.
Source: in.gr