"TellSpec" which scans the food on the spot and the calorie, sugar content, inclusion is immediately recognized by the smartphone

People who have health allergies as well as those who do health management on a diet such as eating unknown foods or eating out are obliged if you do not know what is included in food. In such a case, a device that displays food on a smartphone by scanning food nutrients and allergens just by holding "food" over food is called "TellSpec"is.

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The movie that shows how to scan food and examine inclusions with TellSpec is as follows.

Introducing TellSpec - YouTube


Isabel Hoffmann, CEO of TELLSPEC.INC, and Steven Watson of CTO.


This is the body of TellSpec.


When I tried pressing the button towards the apple, the electronic beep sounded "Pi".


Then the data arrived in the smartphone in a few seconds. Apples are 55 kcal per 100 g, sugar (Sugar) is 80%, vitamin C, potassium (Potassium)Omega-3 fatty acid(Omega-3 Fatty Acids), and dietary fiber (Fiber).


Scanning the corn tortillas ......


475 kcal per 100 g,Trans fatty acid(Trans Fat),Tartrazine(Tartrazine), gluten free (No Gluten), no egg (No Eggs)Palm oil(Palm Oil) content. The color bar on the right side of each item represents the amount contained, the color of orange being the most, the color of yellow being medium, the color of green being small or nonuse.


It also scans chocolate.


525 kcal per 100 g, sugar content 32%, gluten, eggs,Vanillin(Vanilin), no preservatives (No Preservatives).


The idea of ​​TellSpec is the idea that came from the daughter of Isabelle Hoffman who suffers from allergies.


As a mechanism, by irradiating food with low power beam, it absorbs photons and causes molecules of food to vibrate. Next, the reflected photons are counted for each wavelength and tabulated.


The result is sent to the cloud, and the analysis engine replaces the wavelength with allergens, chemical substances, nutrients, calories, etc. and displays it on the smartphone.


Laser used a small 3A 3A (5 mW).


Food like macaroni salad can also be scanned.


Various vegetables and macaroni are mixed, but it shows that gluten is properly included.


Scanning before eating a hamburger ......


You can eat it after checking the calories contained.


It is also possible to scan contents of drinks such as wine.


Once you know the content you can drink with confidence.


It is convenient to take it to shopping because it can scan even if it is wrapped in wrapping paper.


In addition, if you see unfamiliar nutrients, touch that part ... ...


Show details of that nutrient.


In addition, the application also has daily calorie management and diet analysis functions, which tells us that there are too much nutrients and is also ideal for health care.


TellSpec's color is red, white, turquoise blue, green all four colors.


It is also possible to carry around as a key holder like this.


Laser is Class 3A, the battery uses lithium battery, it can be charged with USB. The size is 8.5 cm × 5.5 cm × 1.6 cm, the weight is 80 g. It corresponds to iOS and Android, and connects to a device such as a smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0.


TellSpec has already collected 144,769 dollars (about 14.3 million yen), which exceeds the target investment amount of 100,000 dollars (about 10 million yen) at the time of writing, and commercialization is certain. First-time arrival of 500 people "POST-EARLY BIRD SPECIAL"You can get one TellSpec of White with a capital of 200 dollars (about 20,000 yen). Also, for the first 3,000 names only "THIS IS IT!"If you contribute $ 250 (about 25,000 yen), you can get one TellSpec to choose from 4 colors, both shipping fees are free.


The deadline for investment is Japan time and it is until 16:59 on December 1, 2013.