I-Corps Team: Transdermal alcohol sensor system for monitoring blood alcohol content

提出的技术旨在为执法和司法机构提供受影响驾驶违法者的真实的时间血液酒精含量数据。它可以作为一个血液酒精含量报警系统的用户，而他们沉迷于社会饮酒。酒后驾车每年给美国造成1990亿美元的损失，50%到75%的被定罪的酒后驾车者继续酒后驾车。每两分钟就有一个人在酒后驾车事故中受伤。根据美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）的数据，2013年美国有32,719人死于交通事故，其中估计有10,076人死于酒后驾车，占当年所有交通死亡人数的31%。这些对手可以通过实施所提出的技术来显著地避免，以连续地监测受影响驾驶中的血液酒精水平，醉酒驾驶罪犯，并防止他们醉酒驾驶。所提议的技术旨在将成本降低一个数量级，同时通过警报系统向各机构提供即时数据。与其他设备相比，该设备的预期成本将更低，并且可以显著降低监测费用，因为数据将更好地校准，直观且更用户友好，从而最大限度地减少对分析师的需求。此外，所提出的系统可以与罪犯的移动的电话集成，用于将加密数据传输到服务器。这项技术有可能彻底改变可穿戴酒精监测市场，并为执法和司法机构提供更友好的用户支持。I-Corps团队已经制定了一个坚实的项目计划，将其技术转移到广泛的商业用途。为了进行市场评估，该团队打算采访社会饮酒者，执法和司法机构。此外，该团队将探索与DUI/DWI罪犯有关的机构，例如飞行体检医师和国防司令部。这项市场研究将为该团队提供客户需求和产品市场适合度的见解以及可能的供应链细节。与此同时，该团队将继续完善燃料电池传感器的制造、优化和校准，以提高灵敏度，根据采访中确定的客户需求改进后端电子设备，并构建一个最小的可行产品用于演示目的。所提出的设备将以这样的方式设计，即酒精浓度的读数将显示在手表和智能手机上。从设备到智能手机的数据传输将通过蓝牙通信实现。

The proposed technology aims to provide law enforcement and judiciary agencies the real time blood alcohol content data of the driving under influence offenders. It can be used as a blood alcohol content alert system by the user while they indulge themselves in social drinking. Drunk driving costs the United States $199 billion a year, and 50 to 75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drink and drive on a suspended license. Every two minutes a person is injured in a drunk driving crash. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 32,719 people died in traffic crashes in 2013 in the United States, including an estimated 10,076 people who died in drunk driving crashes, accounting for 31% of all traffic deaths that year. These adversaries can be significantly avoided by implementing the proposed technology to continuously monitor blood alcohol level in driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated offenders and preventing them from driving while intoxicated. the proposed technology aims to reduce the cost by an order of magnitude while providing immediate data with alert system to the respective agencies. The expected cost of the device will be less compared to other devices, and the monitoring fee can be significantly reduced because the data will be better calibrated, intuitive, and more user friendly, thereby minimizing the need for analyst. Further, the proposed system can integrate with the offenders' mobile phone for transmitting encrypted data to the server. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the wearable alcohol monitoring market and provide more user friendly support to law enforcement and judiciary agencies.This I-Corps team has developed a solid project plan to transition its technology for widespread commercial usage. For market assessment the team intends to interview social drinkers, law enforcement and judicial agencies. Additionally, the team will explore agencies involved with DUI/DWI offenders, for example flight medical examiners, and defense commands. This market research will provide this team with the insights of customer needs and product market fit along with the possible supply chain details. Meanwhile the team will continue to refine the fuel cell sensor fabrication, optimization and calibration to improve the sensitivity, improve the backend electronics based on the customer needs identified in the interviews, and build a minimal viable product for demonstration purposes. The proposed device will the designed in such a way that the readout of alcohol concentration will be displayed both on the watch and on the smart phone. The data transfer from the device to the smartphone will be achieved by blue tooth communication.