Phone-based scanner detects harmful bacteria

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Soon, you may never have to play Russian roulette with potato salad again. Instead of just hoping that E. coli bacteria aren't present in your foods or drinks, you could instead use your mobile phone to find out for sure. That phone would have to be equipped with a bacteria-detecting scanner, which researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science recently created - in a prototype version, for now. .. Continue Reading Phone-based scanner detects harmful bacteria

Section: Mobile Technology

Tags: Bacteria, Food, Microscope, Mobile Phone, UCLA

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