Want to Know How Many Calories Are in Your Food? This Gadget Tells You

What if you could scan an apple in the grocery store and immediately see what it's made of, how many calories are in it and how sweet it is? One group of scientists is making it possible.

SCiO is a pocket-sized molecular sensor patented by Consumer Physics Inc., a startup based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. By placing the sensor near an object and pressing the button for two seconds, SCiO can immediately analyze the object's chemical makeup and send the information via cloud to the user's smartphone, which then shows the desired information on the screen