Thanks to crowdsourcing platforms like Kickstarter and Indigogo many aspiring smartphone accessory makers are actually able to turn their dreams into reality. Last month we covered about Alcohoot that claimed to be a low cost high grade breathalyser and now a campaign showcasing another breathalyser, Breathometer, took off on Indigogo with a goal to raise $25000 raise much more than that in less than a week after kicking off. Breathometer is an accessory that can be attached to the 3.5mm jack of the iPhone, accompanied by its iPhone app will help drinkers to monitor their blood alcohol level and alert if it exceeds the limit. Drinkers can now be safe by avoiding to drive if their blood alcohol limit is beyond permissible limits.
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The Breathometer is as small as a typical car key and can be carrier around like a keychain which fits into a user’s pocket with ease. Apart from showing the current alcohol level in blood the iPhone app even tracks past results in order to keep a track on the users drinking pattern. Breathometer promises to add more feature in the future including an option to call a cab or friends on pushing a button.
Their CEO and founder, Michael Yim, says that Breathometer is more about helping family and friends to make a safe start towards safer choices of consuming alcohol apart from educating about the risks involved in drunken driving, this is only the first step towards the final goal. For now Breathomer os compatible with iOS and Android device with accompanying apps on App Store and Google Play respectively.
The device is said to be released by this summer and will be shipped to all the early backers on Indigogo by this summer. Other have to get in the queue to get their hands on this device.