[What they said] Mobile phone detects bad breath
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Sep 2004 10:49 PM EDT |
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In the Just-What-We-Need category:
Siemens Mobile said that a new breed of phone will have a tiny chip that measures less than a millimetre to detect unpleasant odours.
It will examine the air in the immediate vicinity for anything from bad breath and alcohol to atmospheric gas levels. She didn't say what the phone would do if it found you too smelly, it might ring you or send out a high pitched scream that shouts bad breath to anyone who might want to get close to you.
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