A Police-Grade Booze Breathalyzer That Plugs Into Your Phone [Video]

Blow into the device, and it displays your blood alcohol content on your iPhone.

By Dave Mosher Posted 03.01.2013 at 6:00 pm 5 Comments

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To get drinkers to play it safe after a night out, three young entrepreneurs are banking on a police-grade breathalyzer that they call Alcohoot. The $99 device plugs into an iPhone and communicates with an app. After a gusty blow it logs and displays your blood alcohol content to within a hundredth of a percent. If you're above the legal limit, it helps you search for the nearest greasy spoon -- or a cab.

Alcohoot's founders gave us a demo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the 2013 Kairos Global Summit recently. (Don't worry, boss -- no one blew above 0.00 percent.)

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daniel.komnick

03/02/13 at 1:22 am

I wonder if anyone will actually purchase this for use in the near future... I mean seriously, iPhone is out and Android is in; broaden the support and I may get this as a novelty gift to use at my house parties.

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ssilletti

03/02/13 at 11:35 am

This tech can easily be adapted to utilize the GPS and accelerometer in conjunction with the Alcohoot to contact police and guide them right to a potential DWI in progress. The police would have all sorts of information; BAC, speed, and direction of travel.

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UrbanCowboy

03/02/13 at 6:12 pm

I think its a great idea! Personally every person should be required to pass a breath test when they leave a bar or restaurant where they serve booze. I was nearly killed by a drunk driver who slammed into my driverside door at 60mph

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