IBM researchers are working on powerful, portable AI sensors that can detect foodborne pathogens.
Moreover, food handlers along the supply chain will be able to identify dangerous food contaminants easily through their cell phones or AI sensors on their counter tops.
Mobile bacteria sensors will enable them to perform pathogen tests in seconds- the process currently takes days. That way, people in the food chain can detect the existence of Salmonella or harmful E.Coli early before it becomes an outbreak.
Some microbes are healthy for human consumption and others are not.
IBM researchers, therefore, plan to map microbes using a new technique that analyzes their make-up to determine whether they are dangerous to our health or not. That way, it will be easier to determine the safety of the food we eat.