What are the applications of MEMS micro-sensing in the field of liquor?

   MEMS is the abbreviation of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System. It is a small-sized device that uses sensing technology to detect measured information. When we want to build a data analysis system, MEMS micro-sensors can be used as the front end of data collection to collect entity information and enter it into the network system. So MEMS can become the interface between many network applications and the physical world. Now this technology has been widely used in food testing, and in the field of liquor, it also has promising application prospects.

Speaking from a case

   Lin Ruji, Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Georgia, former National Food Safety Advisor of the United States, and Professor Feng Lishuang from Beihang University in the field of MEMS microsensing, a cryptography expert from Princeton, have done an interesting cross-border project together. Dr. Lin Ruji used his own research data in the field of beef inspection and collaborated with Professor to develop a MEMS micro-sensing portable probe. In the process of beef trade, the buyer only needs to touch the beef with the probe, and the probe can collect the corresponding data and transmit it to the background to automatically complete the food science analysis. At this time, information on whether the beef has been injected with water, its freshness, and whether it has common chemical additives will be quickly fed back to the buyer. The feedback data and results will also be uploaded to the blockchain system developed by Robin Li, as trade (qualified or fraudulent) data for storage.

   Because this project involves blockchain and tokens, the results of the project will not be discussed for the time being. But it is undeniable that the project itself is very imaginative. Especially the combination of food inspection and analysis, MEMS micro-sensing, and blockchain, it connects offline data collection, intelligent data analysis, and online publicity into a whole. In the field of liquor, such an application chain of entity detection, data analysis, data storage and sharing also has great application potential.

Application of MEMS in liquor detection

   In real scenarios, MEMS micro-sensing technology can accurately detect the content of alcohol and lipids such as ethanol and methanol in liquor. This alone can effectively reduce the problem of counterfeit liquor in the sale of liquor (counterfeit and inferior products are usually poor blends, shoddy, and the alcohol content is often the wrong version). At the same time, MEMS micro-sensors can detect cyclamate and other food additives, flavors, residual pesticides, aflatoxins and other substances, so as to detect potential safety hazards in liquor products as soon as possible.

   Due to the portability and high efficiency of the MEMS micro sensor (the result can be obtained immediately), it has many application scenarios in the field of liquor.

   For example, in view of the difficulty of product detection in small wineries and small workshops across the country, industrial and commercial inspection personnel can use MEMS micro-sensing detection equipment to conduct random inspections on products at any time. This solves the "difficult detection" problem of the bottom ecology of liquor production.

   In the trade of raw wine and finished wine, MEMS micro-sensing technology can also effectively identify the authenticity and quality of products, reduce trade risks, and purify the liquor market.

   Simply put, MEMS technology can make the invisible and intangible illegal additives and hazardous substances in the liquor products nowhere to hide, and promote the overall safety of liquor products.

Construction of multiple databases

   Referring to the combination of beef detection and the underlying platform of the blockchain mentioned earlier, the combination of MEMS micro-sensing liquor detection and network database (or even blockchain technology) is also a very valuable idea.

   For the regulatory authorities, when the product inspection data of large and small wineries are uploaded to a unified data platform, a regional market supervision database can be generated. Through it, regulatory authorities can build a business reputation system for merchants in their jurisdictions, conduct key supervision of producers and businesses with records of violations, and purify the consumption environment.

   For merchants, you can upload data to a unified platform through MEMS micro-sensing equipment, share business risk information, and be alert to merchants with bad traces. Ultimately purify the liquor business environment.

   For the production link, the data collection of MEMS micro-sensing equipment in each production process can promote the mimicry research of liquor production and the construction of a digital model of liquor brewing.

   For trade, market, and technical research institutions, with the continuous collection of testing data from various places and types, they can provide them with more scientific research data and conduct in-depth scientific research in the field of liquor. 

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