When the amount of salt increases, the light goes from Green to Red, and when the salt decreases, it goes from Red to Green again. The whole smart spoon works smartly on conductivity and resistance. The spoon will display the quantity of salt in food on a display fitted on the spoon.
Six students from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district have invented a device which detects the quantity of salt in food and beverages. Called, Smart Spoon, the device is a reliable and affordable for those suffering from hypertension. It works on the basic principle of conductivity and resistance.
The students, Adnan Farooq, Tabish Mushtaq, Seerat, Tabasum Mansoor, Zainab-un-Nissa and Amaan came up with the innovation. Zainab-un-Nissa with her friends worked on the invention, saying they wanted to invent something which would prove helpful for the people. “My mother is a hypertensive patient and was not able to check the salt of different dishes and teas. During Ramadan, it was difficult to check the salt of dishes and tea. So, we decided to invent Smart Spoon,” she said.
Another inventor, Ishrat, said they made Smart Spoon so that it could be beneficial to many. She said the spoon has a display which has a green and red light indicating the amount of salt present in a particular dish. “When the amount of salt increases, the light goes from Green to Red, and when the salt decreases, it goes from Red to Green again. The whole spoon works smartly on conductivity and resistance. The spoon will display the value of salt on the organic led display fitted on the spoon,” she said. The spoon has an inbuilt battery which needs to be recharged. Jahangir said that they are still trying to find a way so that the ‘smart spoon’ would not require a battery but would get power or energy from the temperature difference by utilizing the concept of ‘The Seebeck effect’.
Six students from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district have invented a device which detects the amount of salt added to dishes and beverages. Called, Smart Spoon, the device is a reliable and affordable for those suffering from hypertension. It works on the basic principle of conductivity and resistance.
The students, Adnan Farooq, Tabish Mushtaq, Seerat, Tabasum Mansoor, Zainab-un-Nissa and Amaan came up with the innovation. Zainab-un-Nissa with her friends worked on the invention, saying they wanted to invent something which would prove helpful for the people. “My mother is a hypertensive patient and was not able to check the salt of different dishes and teas. During Ramadan, it was difficult to check the salt of dishes and tea. So, we decided to invent Smart Spoon,” she said.
Another inventor, Ishrat, said they made Smart Spoon so that it could be beneficial to many. She said the spoon has a display which has a green and red light indicating the amount of salt present in a particular dish. “When the amount of salt increases, the light goes from Green to Red, and when the salt decreases, it goes from Red to Green again. The whole spoon works smartly on conductivity and resistance. The spoon will display the value of salt on the organic led display fitted on the spoon,” she said. The spoon has an inbuilt battery which needs to be recharged. Jahangir said that they are still trying to find a way so that the ‘smart spoon’ would not require a battery but would get power or energy from the temperature difference by utilizing the concept of ‘The Seebeck effect’.
