Booze Bracelet' Monitors DUI Defendants, Convicts

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First I've heard of this gadget. Video on the site.

http://kutv.com/watercooler/watercoo...038112754.html

Booze Bracelet' Monitors DUI Defendants, Convicts

(CBS) SEATTLE Your sweat says a lot about you and now it's being used to monitor defendants who are charged or convicted of DUI’s, using "booze bracelets."

The SCRAM -- which stands for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor -- ankle bracelet keeps in contact with the skin. If a person being monitored drinks alcohol, his or her sweat will give it away.

The bracelet tests for alcohol every hour, 24 hours a day. The information is downloaded to a modem. If the defendant has been drinking, a judge gets an e-mail and can issue an arrest warrant.

A judge in Seattle uses the bracelet to monitor defendants who are charged with alcohol-related offenses such as DUI’s or domestic violence cases.

[Star Man]

Cool!