Substance:id police gadget

Innovative drug testing device for efficient testing

January 2023, by Niklas Muhs and Joel Sjödin at Umeå Institute of Design

IoT

The project <marked>Substance:id<marked> was characterized by a very tight cooperation with the traffic police of umeå and the police education unit.

Substance:id provides <marked>haptic feedback<marked> on success and accidental or attempted fraud

To assist police officers and avoid having to constantly check the suspect, substance:id provides haptic feedback on success and accidental or attempted fraud. Thus, an equally good sample can be secured each time to further improve the precision of the test.

both the police officer and the suspect are <marked>guided through the testing procedure<marked> by substance:id.

For the high fidelity prototype incorporates a display, buttons, leds and haptic feedback. A button on the back of the unit can be used to initiate the chemical procedure and thus the analysis. After the analysis is complete, a pre-indication of the test result is displayed only to the police officer on the back of the device. This allows the officer to maintain control of the situation and keep unforeseen reactions under control.

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Guide <marked>drug testing<marked> through

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