Potential drunk drivers now have an app for that
The new iPhone app, known as BreathalEyes, uses the iPhone camera to record and measure a persons Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN).
This HGN is the involuntary eye movement that can occur when a person is impaired by alcohol and is one of the many different field sobriety tests that are conducted by police officers.
By having a person look into the iPhone camera, the app is able to measure this movement in a 10 second test and then lets drivers know if they are under the influence.
While this app is legally marketed for entertainments purposes only, it has been tested alongside a standard breathalyzer.
07.12.11 by Caleb GillesMicrosoft adds a collaboration feature to the Word Web App
Of course; users who really needed the feature were most likely already using Google Docs. Since the creation of Google Docs in 2007, three years before Microsoft decided to launch a web apps suite, the company has through the use of judicious acquisitions of companies create a full-featured web based office suite that allows for multi-user collaboration and more specifically the collaborative editing feature that Microsoft has just announced.
So comparisons will undoubtedly be made between the two setups in the next few days and weeks as people compare the existing product to Microsoft’s later offering.
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