In the latest efforts to ensure partygoers safety, Smart Cups is an invention that can detect when one's drink has been spiked with drugs. As the picture demonstrates, the cocktail cup visually warns the person by changing from a clear cup to one that has stripes on it.
Drink Savvy is the manufacturers behind this ingenuous material that is able to detect the three most commonly used date rape drugs -- GHB, ketamine and rohypnol. When considering that about a million people get drugged and sexually assaulted every year, this technology could help prevent many dangerous situations. The company is attempting to raise $50,000 through website Indiegogo so that it can begin to manufacture and extend its line of related products.
With so much potential in ensuring the well-being of partygoers, the Smart Cups are a product worth supporting.
What's Driving This Trend
- Drug-detecting Cups
- Opportunity to disrupt the party supply industry by introducing drug-detecting cups that ensure the safety of consumers.
- Safety Technology
- Innovation opportunity to develop new safety technologies that can detect and prevent dangerous situations, such as drink spiking.
- Preventing Sexual Assault
- Disruptive potential to create products and systems that help prevent sexual assault by raising awareness and providing tools for protection.
Who This Affects Most
- Party Supply
- Opportunity for the party supply industry to incorporate safety features, such as drug-detecting cups, into their products to enhance consumer trust and promote safety.
- Safety Technology
- Innovation opportunity for the safety technology industry to develop advanced detection systems and methods to ensure the safety of individuals in various settings.
- Sexual Assault Prevention
- Disruption potential for the sexual assault prevention industry to create new tools, technologies, and awareness campaigns that contribute to reducing incidents of sexual assault.
