Drink-spiking detection technology — combining portable drug-detection hardware with a companion app for real-time risk alerts.
SafeSip is a public-health technology concept developed for the Startups @ Spring business pitch competition (2nd place nationally, <1% of 700+ teams) and the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition (top 300 of 14,000+ entries from 165 countries). The system pairs a small, low-cost drug-detection device with a mobile app to give people real-time information about whether their drink has been adulterated.
This repository documents the design, business case, and reference implementations developed during the competition cycle. It is not a finished product.
This is a pre-prototype concept repository. It contains:
- The validated business plan and market research from the competition submissions.
- Hardware design notes and a parts list for the detection module.
- A reference architecture for the companion app.
- An initial machine-learning approach for distinguishing target-drug spectral signatures from noise.
It does not contain a working device or shipped app. Anyone considering taking this further should engage a regulated medical-device or consumer-safety pathway and consult relevant analytical chemistry expertise.
safesip/
├── docs/
│ └── WHITEPAPER.md # Concept whitepaper
├── business/
│ └── README.md # Index of competition artifacts (not published here)
├── hardware/ # (empty)
├── app/ # (empty)
├── ml/ # (empty)
└── scripts/ # (empty)
The hardware/, app/, and ml/ trees are placeholders. No schematics, firmware, application
code, or trained models exist in this repository -- consistent with the concept status described
above.
- 2nd Place Nationally — Startups @ Spring (Feb 2025). $3,000 award donated to charity.
- Global Finalist — Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition (Mar 2025). Top 300 of 14,000+ entries from 165 countries.
- Conrad Innovator — Conrad Challenge, Houston Space Center (Mar 2025). Recognized for high-impact commercial venture concept.
Drink-adulteration detection is a regulated and safety-critical domain. The contents of this repository are conceptual and academic. Nothing here is an FDA-cleared medical device or a validated forensic instrument, and it should not be relied upon to determine whether a beverage is safe to consume. Physical safety in real situations should never depend solely on a consumer device.
The code in this repository is released under the MIT License. The business plan, pitch deck, and market research documents are released under CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial). See LICENSE and LICENSE-DOCS.
Aaryasinh Vaghela — aaryasinh.vaghela@gmail.com