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A small team of women at the University of South Florida is engineering jewelry that reads a drop of a drink for benzodiazepines, the drug class most commonly linked to spiking incidents.
Elora Armor, co-founded by 22-year-old graduate student Addison Bounds and Kira Robichaud, plans to sell bracelets, pendants, keychains and potentially phone cases fitted with an electromagnetic sensor tied to a smartphone app.
Bounds told Fox 13 Tampa Bay that launch is targeted for January 2028, ahead of the L.A. How Elora Armor's sensor works The process is quick.
A single drop from a fingertip is enough liquid to trigger the sensor, Bounds said. The connected app then returns a notification confirming whether the drink is safe to consume.
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