Alexa, am I wasted?
Wondering if that wee tipple was a bit too much? Someday soon your sloshed speech may spill your secrets to your resident digital assistant as easily as you stumble through a tongue-twister.
A group of researchers from Stanford University in the US and the University of Toronto in Canada have developed an algorithmic method of doing just that. In a paper published this week, the boffins report that they managed to identify alcohol intoxication with 98 percent accuracy by having study participants read tongue-twisters after imbibing a number of vodka gimlets (that’s vodka, lime, and a bit of simple syrup for sweetness, to those who haven’t been introduced).
“With the proliferation of smartphone sensors, we can now harness digital signals to more accurately predict when drinking episodes happen, enhancing our ability to intervene at the most effective moments,” lead author Dr Brian Suffoletto, associate professor of emergency medicine at Stanford, told The Register.
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