FOOD QUALITY: Labels that can detect quality loss and spoilage in fish, meat and prepared meals as well as the freshness of fresh-cut vegetables and ripeness of fruit. Bottle lids that monitor the freshness of milk and guide the cellaring of wine.

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: A patch that can be affixed to the skin that can monitor kilojoules burned during exercise; the respiration rate of sleeping babies, hospital patients and others under medical supervision; blood sugar levels in diabetics.

BLOOD QUALITY: More accurate than a use-by date for red blood cells and capable of identifying bacterial contamination in platelets.

SKIN PATCHES: band-aids and nicotine patches to change colour when they were no longer effective.

PILLS FOR MONITORING LIVESTOCK:  Made of safe, intelligent plastics, these pills, could be mixed with feed for flock / herd monitoring. When egested the product would show the presence of notifiable disease eg Avian Influenza, SARS or Johnnes Disease.