Smartphones that can tell if you're drunk
01 September 2020
Presented by Chris Smith.
Production by Katie Haylor.
Drink driving is one of the biggest killers on our roads - according to the road safety charity Brake, in 2017 there were at least 250 alcohol-related deaths. Brian Suffoletto is an A&E doctor in the US where he’s spent the past 15 years developing digital interventions to stop people drinking and driving. Lately he’s been working on a system that uses a smartphone to analyse the way a person walks to pick up on subtle giveaways that they’re over the limit. Katie Haylor heard how it works...
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