#alcohoot

Human condition monitoring is the next advancement in mobile technology - using non-invasive methods to accurately test and track a person’s condition and collect data over time. Alcohoot started with breathalyzer solutions for consumers, law enforcement and mobile fleet management to reduce business costs and save human lives. CEO, Christopher Ayala has built a cross-functional team with skills in executive management, business development, strategy, hardware and software development to run Alcohoot out of New York, NY. Barkley has been working with Alcohoot on their pitch presentation and deck design.

Alcohoot was started in 2012 with the goal to combat drinking and driving. To put this problem in perspective, 28 lives are lost each day in the United States from drinking and driving. Alcohoot is working hard to reduce this number. While the focus the past several years has been on consumer usage, the company is developing blood alcohol monitoring systems for not just consumers, but for law enforcement and mobile work forces as well. Alcohoot’s products are focused on accuracy and design and they plan to continue to scale and innovate.

Alcohoot recently launched a partnership with Kansas City Police Force piloting Alcohoot’s law enforcement platform – Intrepid – confirming device accuracy and providing feedback on hardware and software components.

Barkley is looking forward to Alcohoot’s presentation on Demo Day and following them as they continue to innovate human condition monitoring solutions.

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http://www.alcohoot.com/

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It is a simple formula… or should be… if you are going out for the night and planning to drink you shouldn’t drive. It isn’t just about avoiding a ticket or jail time, it is about keeping yourself and other safe. That’s where the Alcohoot can come in handy. It, “puts the power of police grade technology in your hand.”

With a season full of holiday parties on the way, there’s no better time to become more aware of the impact that drinking, even a seemingly small amount, of booze can have.

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Introducing the world's first smartphone breathalyzer. Track your consumption, learn your trends, become a smart drinker. Put the power of advanced law enforcement breath testing technology into your hands.

Alcohoot is a breathalyzer that connects to you smartphone. The small black device plugs into you’re headphone jack. You blow into it and using police-grade accuracy it reads blood alcohol content in a matter of seconds. The device is small enough to fit in your pocket and only weighs 50 grams, which makes it easy to carry when you’re out on the town.

The device goes along with an app, which logs your BAC every time you blow into it through out the night. According to Popular Science, the device “displays you blood alcohol content within a hundredth of a percent.” It takes your results and compares them to your country’s legal limit (0.08 in the US). If it suggests that you should not drive it will suggest nearby restaurants where you can sober up or it will call you a cab or Uber to bring you home.

Alcohoot recommends that you wait 15 minutes after your last drink to use the Breathalyzer. There is a timer feature in the app to help you keep track of when the 15 minutes is up.

I found it interesting that the app tracks personal data and give suggestions as of how to pace yourself next time and stay out longer. The app also helps you avoid over consumption, so you don’t wake up in the morning with a hangover.

You can buy an Alcohoot on the company’s website for $119.

I was curious of how accurate Alcohoot is, since they claim that it is as good as the breathalyzers police use. I found this video of a police officer who helped Alcohoot do a comparison.

http://www.alcohoot.com/

http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/alcohoot-connected-breathalyzer/

You think you’re ok. Or you think you’re way over the limit. But how do you really know? Makers of two products claim they have the answer, and they hope that bars and clubs hop on their bandwagons. Another product claims to keep you sober all night, while still enjoying a ‘drink.’ For $99, Alcohoot will sell you a Breathalyzer for your smart phone. “We use the same sensors that are in the police Breathalyzer,” according to Alcohoot’s Jonathan Ofir. “It works with IOS devices and Android devices.”

You plug the thing into the headphone jack of your phone, blow into it and check the screen. “It will show you a history graph of your previous readings, so you can see throughout the evening how you’re progressing.” Ofir says there’s some follow-up help, as well. “You can order a taxi through Uber. You can also find restaurants that are within walking distance.” Well, almost. No Uber here in Vegas, thanks to the taxi industry. If $99 is too rich for your .08 blood, your alternative is the $4.99 single-use Breathalyzer. It’s a bag and a tube. You blow and wait for the crystals inside the clear tube to turn green and rise in the tube. If the green goes over the line, you’re, well, over the line.

“It’s the kind of a thing that should be in every car,” said Breathalyzer sales rep Larry Bernstein. “So when you come out of a bar, you come out of a restaurant and you’ve had drinks, before you get in the car to drive, someone should be having the person tested.” Every hotel valet should put their logo on them, and giving these things out before people leave.” But how about avoiding the alcohol while still experiencing the ‘drink’? That’s the plan with a line of beverages from a Florida company called Arkay: they taste like booze, complete with a booze burn. But, in the words of Jeff Brody: “no sugar, no carbohydrates, no alcohol. But it tastes like it is an alcoholic product.”