Week 6 EOC: There’s an App for That

I would like to invent an app that could tell you your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) before you get in car to drive. It could be called “BlowHard”. Obviously, not drinking at all negates the problem, but for many social drinkers, the difference between one or two drinks could result in a DUI charge, or worse. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there about what the limits are, and it can’t simply be boiled down to “X drinks per hour” because of varying weight, height and metabolisms. An attachment for the phone with a chemically-reactive surface that could be blown on and measure BAC would take the guesswork out of whether or not to call a cab that night. Presumably, some kind of test strip would attach to your phone via charger wire, and could then display the readout on the screen. In large type, just in case! I think a lot of people would spend 99 cents on this, if it was reliable and accurate. Maybe with a positive result, a built in feature of displaying a few top-rated cab companies’ numbers would be a benefit I’d add in to the app. It would need to be IOS and Android-compatible, to maximize the marketplace. It would have to be simple to use, in case too many drinks have been had. It would have to have cheap test strips, or else the cost would prohibit use. Rather than assume or hope for the best, it seems like this could be a life-saving app for those who imbibe when a drive is in their immediate future. It would need good security built in, so Big Brother wasn’t able to access that data, or else there’d be no trust from customers and the app wouldn’t sell.