Technology Review: Foodkeeper

The FOODKEEPER website and app helps consumers understand food and beverage storage to maximize freshness and reduce waste.

This easy-to-use website and app allows users to browse or search for a food item such as marshmallows or chicken nuggets. Then, the tool provides information about freshness, storage, and cooking tips.

Developed by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the app is designed for the general public but would be very useful in home and consumer science classes.

Librarians will want to add this easy-to-use app to their reference app collection for easy access. The app would also be useful in math or data literacy classes as a data set source.

To use the website or download the app for Android for Apple, go tohttps://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/foodkeeperapp/.

App Review: Amount

AMOUNT by Marco Loretta is an easy-to-use unit converter.

Users select from 700 units across 30 categories from acceleration to volume. They can also do a key word search for terms such as gigawatt hour or nanonewton. The units can be visualize a number of different ways. For instance, the cooking section measures go from drops to bushels.

The system couldn’t be easier to use. Students simply select a unit and type in a number. The system automatically displays dozens of different conversation for that measure. Whether converting bits into terabytes, type points into inches, or Mexican pesos into American dollars, students will find a unit to fit their needs.

The layout is very effective, but it may take a few minutes to get accustomed to using swipe gestures, long presses, taps, and other tablet techniques to make it work.

Librarians will find this intuitive app to be an excellent addition to their app-based reference collection. Create customized lists of commonly used tools required across the curriculum including tools for physics, earth and space science, chemistry, mathematics, consumer science, business, industrial technology, social sciences, and many other areas.

To download the app, go to https://itunes.apple.com/…/amount-unit-currency…/id560750783.