Pretty nails polish may be the newest way to foil date rape. ‘Undercover Colors’, a nail polish that changes color when it’s exposed to date rape drugs, has won this year’s Lulu eGames, a North Carolina State University competition for student projects aimed at solving real-world problems.
"Our goal is to invent technologies that empower women to protect themselves from this heinous and quietly pervasive crime," the team behind Undercover Colours explained.
The team said they were inspired to invent the product because an estimated 18 percent of American women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, according to National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, a study commission by the Department of Justice and the Department of Defence.
"They are our daughters, they are our girlfriends, and they are our friends," they wrote on their Facebook page.
According to them, ‘When a woman uses her manicured finger to stir a drink laced with a common drug like Rohypnol or Xanax, sometimes described as "date rape" drugs, the polish will alert her that her drink has been spiked.’
The polish is still in the early stages of development, according to Stephen Gray, one of the company founders.
Culled: ABC New
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