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Currently in development in Toronto, pd.id detects and sends an alert to your phone if
someone has drugged your drink. The reusable, 3.5-inch device looks like a small
USB key. It's designed to be small enough to fit in your pocket or purse, and it can be
discretely dipped in and out of a drink.
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Pd.id is not the first attempt to put drug-detecting technology in the hands of cocktail
drinkers and party goers. A company called DrinkSavvy has a line of cups and straws
that change color when a drug is slipped into your drink. Other anti-rape devices, like
ultra grip underwear and female condoms with teeth, have been developed in the past.
Critics of products like these believe the inventions send the wrong message, putting
the onus of stemming sexual assault on potential victims, rather than the perpetrators.
Pd.id comes with an added public safety benefit. The mobile app will use GPS to
create a heat map of sites where "date rape" drugs are found. The company wants to
use that data to partner with police departments, helping inform law enforcement's
assault-prevention efforts. Pd.id hopes partnering police departments will provide it
with up-to-date drug libraries.
With backing from private investors and an ongoing Indiegogo campaign, pd.id is
expecting to hit the market in April and sell for $75 a piece. The accompanying app
would be available for free. The company says it wants to donate a portion of the
device's profits to organizations working to prevent sexual assault.
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"We're simply a tool, a mechanism people can utilize for personal safety," said pd.id
founder J. David Wilson.