A scanner for food i n able, with a simple remote scan that is obtained by pressing a button and taking a picture of your plate, to be able to identify the number of calories, the type of nutrients and the breakdown of the dish into macronutrients: pushing a button and knowing the total weight of a plate of lasagna you will be able to know both with which ingredients it was cooked, how many calories it has, and how many grams of carbohydrates or fats or proteins there are. A revolutionary instrument (needless to say I absolutely want it), the size of a palm (will I be able to put it in my purse?) That mimics the mass spectrometer used in laboratories: at home or away from home, it will be enough to tare a plate full of food with an empty one to quickly know that those three ounces of fillet with rocket and parmesan have been sautéed in oil, for example, and how many calories there are .
The inventor of the beautiful object, whose name is Tellspec, is called Isabel Hoffman, and she produces it thanks to her company: she explained that having a celiac child it was a problem to buy some products at the supermarket and above all to eat out, a problem solved thanks to this invention. A “laser photo” of frying and we will know if there is flour, for example. A photo of spelled biscuits and without having to decipher the list of ingredients, often with abstruse names, we will know how much butter and how much wheat is in it.
I find Tellspec an extraordinary thing. The only drawback: for now it costs about $ 350. Um … Who gives it to me?