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This may be in the works, or irrelevant to the way things will be added to the database, but I wanted to throw it out there in case it would be helpful. For the purpose of adding new items (foods) to the database could the mobile application use a Universal Product Code (barcode) scanner feature? I could see it being helpful; the user scans a food product (& possibly some non-foods such as paints and textiles), if it is unknown they could then scan the UPC to add that info to the spectral data for the database. The server side could then lookup the nutritional information (or materials) of that product.
Great. I am glad I could help. I am looking forward to scanning everything and helping build the database.
The lookup, of course, would be just be the official information, unless and until an approved SCiO developer provided a lab analysis.
I agree that this would be a nice feature; it would help identify under-analyzed products. Of course some products wouldn’t be appropriate for analysis, but the SCiO app could be used to track purchases or items of interest, etc.; a back-door usage of SCiO.
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Just a thought on this…
You need to be able to have the date of the barcode scan (which, I’m curious, could the Scio Sensor do that? Normally it’s done by a laser and an optical receiver or a camera sensor…) and the barcode itself recorded, along with the time\date stamp.
Additionally, the barcode\UPC likely doesn’t change when the ingredients list changes, so it’s not reliable indefinitely when it comes to matching up a particular sensor data return to a product.
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