![]() We’re responding to the real challenges of today by empowering people with information while pushing for a future where these types of crimes don’t happen. While we know the SipChip™ doesn’t solve the issue of sexual assault, we feel strongly that our science is a tool that can be used to promote safety. ![]() for its miniaturized lateral flow technology test strip, the smallest form factor in the. But that doesn’t stop it from happening at colleges, bars, nightclubs, and hotels around the world. Undercover Colors, founded in 2014, is based in Raleigh, North Carolina and holds two patents in the U.S. Campus Undercover colors Cameron Roda Startup aims to protect women and avoid date rape One of the biggest challenges facing college campuses today nationwide is how to deal with and prevent sexual assault, a challenge so daunting that the federal government decided to get involved earlier this year. “Drugging someone’s drink without their knowledge is a crime. “Protection is not acceptance,” said Barbara Cook, CEO of Undercover Colors. But they are working to provide a gender-neutral tool to empower and protect people from drinking drug-laced beverages. The makers of the SipChip accept that their tool doesn’t solve the issue of sexual assault. Two pink lines indicate the beverage is safe, one pink line indicates a drug has been detected.Įach SipChip can only be used once, so after reading results, users discard the SipChip. In as little as 30 seconds, results appear. Using their finger, the user places a drop of their beverage onto the indicated area. ![]() If the SipChip user is feeling uncomfortable or suspicious about their drink, they peel back a foil cover to reveal the small test area. The SipChip comes with a key fob and phone holder to store the SipChip or it can be discreetly carried in pockets, wallets, purses, etc. It is 99.3% accurate and takes as little as 30 seconds to show results.Ĭreated by Undercover Colors (UC), a diagnostics company specializing in the evolution of lateral flow technology, The SipChip uses just a single drop of liquid to tests for all of the most common date rape drugs, including, including roofies, Xanax, and valium. The SipChip is a portable drink spiking test that is smaller than a quarter and works in over 100 drinks, including both non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages such as juice, mixed drinks, beer, wine, and liquors. Whether you are using the SipChip yourself or you are giving them to your older children or college-bound teens, having a tool to help protect against sexual predators can be life-saving. have been sexually assaulted while drunk, drugged, or high and experts estimate that 1 in 13 college students are drugged and assaulted, I am very grateful that drink spiking tests like the SipChip are coming to market. Until I heard about the SipChip™, I had no idea that testing your drink was possible, let alone quick and accurate.Ĭonsidering nearly 11 million women in the U.S. This post is sponsored by Undercover Colors.ĭid you know that you can easily and accurately test a drink to make sure it is safe and has not been spiked with a date rape drug? The SipChip™ is a coin-sized drug test that allows you to discreetly test your drink for common date rape drugs in as little as thirty seconds.
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