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Title : Shazam for Seafood Hopes to Catch Fraudulent Fish
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Source : Popular Mechanics
Year : 2018
Link : https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a21234/shazam-for-fish-hopes-to-identify-fish-fraud/
Country : United Kingdom
Commodity: SE-Fish and fish products
Abstract: You may think you know what you're getting when you buy fish, but research shows that a full third of them are mislabeled. That's why scientists in London are developing a device that will scan your fish and tell you exactly what species it is. The team, comprised of developers Yassine Santissi and Sam Mbale, created an infrared spectrometer to scan a fish at the molecular level, along with software that identifies patterns in the infrared waves that can be used to uniquely identify a fish species. This type of software is also used in the popular music app Shazam, leading the developers to call their product Fishazam, because of course they did. Mislabeling of fish is a big problem and not just because the result is people paying more for crappy fish.