The idea of smart chopsticks sounds creative, so creative that it’s hard to imagine a company as boring as Baidu would come up with. The company claims Baidu smart chopsticks (named Chopsticks Search), using infrared spectroscopy, can analyze your food before you eat it, testing pH level of common drinks, level of sweetness, temperature, and the quality of cooking oil used. It also returns other information related to the food, such as origins and varieties, through Baidu Search. Baidu launched the smart chopsticks at 2014 Baidu World conference today. Baidu EyeThe company also launched today Non-stop Account (not official translation), similar to WeChat’s public account system, that will be added onto the next version of Baidu’s flagship app.