Sentences with phrase «detects alcohol levels»

A collaboration of nanoengineers and electrical and computing engineers at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla combined their expertise to create the small device that detects alcohol levels and transmits that information to a cell phone or other monitoring station.

Engineers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a small monitoring device, worn on the skin, that detects alcohol levels in perspiration.

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Such a device could be used in homeland security applications to detect volatile chemicals and in medical diagnostics, such as a device to test blood - alcohol level.

Both breath and skin levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.

Jarris said it's not clear «whether there is a safe level of alcohol after which problems occur, a threshold, or if any alcohol, even very small amounts, can cause harm to some infants that might be subtle and hard to detect.»

Already the federal government is funding technology that will passively detect any driver's blood - alcohol level and render the vehicle inoperable if that level exceeds the legal limit.

Without having to obtain a warrant the police can demand that you provide breath samples into instruments designed to detect the level of alcohol in your bloodstream.

If any level of alcohol is detected on the driver's breath, the IID will prevent the vehicle from starting.

The vehicle will not start if the device detects a level of alcohol on the driver's breath.

These seemingly simple tests can reveal a lot about human health such as detecting any abnormality in liver and kidney functions, a rise or fall in blood sugar levels and whether or not the insured consumes alcohol and tobacco.

Alcohol levels can be detected by breathalyser, «but there is no equivalent testing for drugs currently,» Swinson says.