IBM Hypertaste

2019: Announcement

In July, 2019 IBM provided the system of detection of chemical agents which received the name Hypertaste. She uses artificial intelligence for classification of liquids and can be applied to identification of defective products in shop.

According to  the SiliconANGLE edition, to people is usually very easy to distinguish various drinks and food what you will not tell about the computerized technologies which are used by experts for determination of taste.

Systems capable to carry out chemical analysis of liquids, usually belong to one of two main categories. It or portable devices which provide only limited information, such ​​ as the pH level in the lake, or the bulky expensive devices intended for laboratories.

IBM released the AI system distinguishing damaged products

IBM developed Hypertaste for those cases when detailed chemical analysis is required, but is impossible or economically inexpedient to send a sample to laboratory. One of options of application of a system — quality evaluation of water of the rivers, another — search of goods counterfeits and the deteriorated products deliverable at retail networks.

Hypertaste checks chemicals using a set of the miniature sensors developed by IBM. Each sensor consists of couple of electrodes covered with special chemically sensitive polymeric materials. They make an electric signal when come into contact with certain connections.

IBM developed polymeric coverings for creation of unique, easily detectable signal for each connection. It allows a system to integrate indications in a detailed chemical profile of liquid, explain in the company.

Hypertaste sends results of measurements to a cloud service where algorithms of machine learning compare the analyzed liquid to the database of the known chemicals. All process, allegedly, takes less than a minute.

IBM reported that the technology already found practical application for clients.^[1]

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