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Breathalyzer microphone

My friend Randy at the fffffatlab made this breathalyzer microphone:

The breathalyzer microphone is a system for the inconscpicuous collection of blood-alcohol content level data sets. In other words, you can measure a person’s sobriety with a device, that for all intents and purposes, looks no different than a standard microphone.

He has also created full step-by-step instructions for the project. I can see it applied in addition to the regular microphone to weight your karaoke score based on how much you've had to drink.

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Posted by: Noah Buddy on August 7, 2008 at 10:06 PM

This would be perfect in Karaoke bars. It could even show your blood alcohol content. At least then you would have an excuse for singing badly.

Posted by: tenax8.myopenid.com on August 11, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Could we have one that lowers volume/ mic sensitivity with increasing BAC?

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