[Kosh]

Really, go ahead

Two students at a Chinese university have invented a device that detects high blood alcohol levels by inserting a middle finger directly onto a fingerprint scanner.

This development bodes well for other hand gesture controls in future car innovations. We might have an upside-down touch screen where the car is started by 'curling your index finger towards you in a summoning motion,' or a by flashing a simple thumbs up at scanning robot.

Zhao Wencai and Li Zhoumu, from China's University of Geosciences, presented their device at Beijing's 3rd annual China-International Road Safety Expo, an event whose growth reflects the country's growing concern for driving safety. According to the project's estimates, there are about 250,000 traffic accidents a year and more than 50,000 deaths caused by drunk driving in China.

The device combines an identification security system with fingerprint testing. A driver places his middle finger inside a scanning box which analyzes the grooves of the fingerprint, as well as the chemical properties of the skin (such as oils or sweat). Within twenty seconds, the board reveals whether the driver's condition is suitable to drive. If the blood-alcohol level is above the legal limit, the engine will lock up.

[redsniper]

So if your car asks if you're drunk, you give it the finger?

[Hellstryker]

So if your car asks if you're drunk, you give it the finger?

That's the idea. 

[Charismatic]

Thats my kinda car. If your drunk it can drive for you and take you home safely. Kinda like nightriders car.

[Scuddie]

Thats my kinda car. If your drunk it can drive for you and take you home safely. Kinda like nightriders car.

[Flipside]

LOL Well, the first step will probably be that the car will refuse to start if it detects illegal quantities of Alcohol in your system.

That, to me, sounds like a damn brilliant idea.

[Bob-san]

My only concern is using alcohol to sanitize a wound. If you get cut on your middle finger, it's probably not the first thing you'll put on it, but it does clean a wound.

[redsniper]

Spoiler:

Use your other finger

[Bob-san]

Spoiler:

Use your other finger

Spoiler:

But you lost your other finger in a terrible accident with putting your arm in a shark's mouth while scuba diving.

[BloodEagle]

Spoiler:

Use your other finger

Spoiler:

But you lost your other finger in a terrible accident with putting your arm in a shark's mouth while scuba diving.

Spoiler:

And they gave you a license to drive after that incident!?

[Bob-san]

Spoiler:

Use your other finger

Spoiler:

But you lost your other finger in a terrible accident with putting your arm in a shark's mouth while scuba diving.

Spoiler:

And they gave you a license to drive after that incident!?

Spoiler:

It's an automatic. And you have a robotic arm that you bought after suing the scuba diving instructors, boat operator, the company they both work for, the wetsuit retailer, the wetsuit manufacturer, your doctors, their nurses, the hospital, and the insurance company. After all, you were just curious.

[terran_emperor]

What's with the spoiler things?

[Mars]

Spoiler:

It's for fun, suck it up

[Bob-san]

Spoiler:

Making a counter-point, responding with a counter-counter-point, making another counter-counter-counter-point, and a responding with a second counter-counter-counter-counter-point. All in all, it tells the story of the interesting life of Sharkbait and the Grand Adventures of Personal Injury Attorneys, by Bob-san. I'm thinking of getting it published. And then suing all parties indirectly involved, especially the rich ones.

[Charismatic]

Spoiler:

Godamit..., so hard to read tons of those.

Hell we should change this thread to "The Invisible Thread!"

[Stormkeeper]

Spoiler:

Maybe. Or maybe not.

[redsniper]

What have I created!!?!!?!!??

[terran_emperor]

you are merely a fool who created a monster you are now powerless to stop, and so you will play your role to the bloody end. You have given the HLPers something to spam for 

[Kosh]