The BreathalEyes by is an iPhone App that takes photos of a subject’s eyes and scans for horizontal gaze nystagmus (Called HGN) – a condition of the eye indicated by the involuntary rhythmic oscillating motion of the pupil left and right across the horizontal field of view. Depending on the HGN, a reading is generated to indicate the level of blood alcohol content. To use this device, the iPhone is to be held up to the subject’s eye (either one) by the tester, only a few inches away from the eye. For the test to be as accurate as possible, the subject must look to the far right or far left (depending on which eye is tested) to expose as much of the white portion of the eyeball as possible. The user must frame the subject’s eye within the green box and start the assessment.
A beeping sound will indicate that the reading has been taken and the blood alcohol content will be shown on the screen. When compared to a standard breathalyser, the BreathalEyes is surprisingly accurate and generates results must faster.
Sadly this isn’t a legal way of testing yourself before getting behind the wheel after 5 pints.
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