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Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Videos@lemmy.world•UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in SecondsEnglish2·1 month agoI couldn’t find an exact number, but the goal seems to be to make it cheap
Santos says targeting the hospitality industry at large, including bars, pubs, clubs and other party venues where drinks flow freely, means patrons can have access to a simple drug testing tool for “every cocktail on every table.”
“The idea is that it’ll be completely ubiquitous,” she said. “Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Videos@lemmy.world•UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in SecondsEnglish5·1 month agoWhile I still can’t say this is novel, this other article mentions that the goal is to make it cheap enough that venues can have enough for every drink that they serve and to put the responsibility on venues rather than the user
“In the anti-violence sector, you know, there’s a lot of very strong feelings about people who are being targeted with violence being told that the burden of safety is on them, and that they have to buy more and do more to protect themselves constantly,” she said.
“The idea is that it’ll be completely ubiquitous,” she said. “Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753
PoorlyDrawnLines comics are like that, they’re silly and simple. I’ve seen better ones, this just happened to be recent
What I found slightly funny about this one was that ‘shooting all the bullets out’ is how it works in games if you want to make a weapon useless
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Interesting Shares@lemmy.zip•[Article] Lago Blog - I reviewed every snack in our office kitchenEnglish1·2 months agoDone!
Maybe it’s from
https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/en