Proof Wearable Tracks Alcohol Levels

Whether out for a night with friends or quietly celebrating at domicile, information technology can be hard to cocky-monitor alcohol intake. Thanks to Milo Sensors, yous don't accept to worry also much now. The start-up is creating "a next-gen wearable biosensor that gains blood-level insights".

Information technology'll, of course, be done 'in a not-invasive way," its website said.

The way is Proof, a wrist-worn biometric sensor that tracks your blood alcohol level without needing to blow into a breathalyser or take a blood test. Sync the dime-sized sensor to a smartphone for real-fourth dimension, customisable notifications.

Proof—named for the measure of the content of ethanol in an alcoholic beverage—looks like a generic fettle tracker, simply instead of counting calories, it calculates alcohol content for 12-plus hours.

Milo Sensors' device relies on a dispensable cartridge, attached magnetically to the underside of the ring; the patent-pending accessory converts perspired booze into an identifiable level. The wristband so lights upwardly and vibrates once yous reach a pre-selected blood-alcohol-content limit—a alarm to finish drinking, or confront the consequences in the morning.

Interested drinkers tin sign up online for product updates and pre-gild details. A release engagement and retail price have non withal been revealed; Milo Sensors did non immediately reply to PCMag's asking for comment.

In Baronial, researchers at the University of California, San Diego adult a temporary tattoo that tells the user their claret alcohol level. The engineering looks like a small circuit board, only analyzes sweat and communicates wirelessly with a handset or smartwatch to determine your level of intoxication.