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A US Transportation Systems Center staff member demonstrates a breathalyzer in 1972. In 1954 Robert Frank Borkenstein (1912–2002) was a captain with the Indiana State Police and later a professor at Indiana University Bloomington. His trademarked Breathalyzer used chemical oxidation and photometry to determine alcohol concentrations.
For example, it was believed that the exhaled breath of a diabetes person presented a sweet odor, while for people affected by kidney failure it showed a fish-like smell. [5] Only with Antonie Lavoisier , the pure smelling of human exhaled breath was substituted by a systematic analysis of the chemical contents.
In 1927, the church moved to a former Unitarian church building at 13th and L St that it purchased, but then in the 1950s, the church considered options for relocating closer to Lafayette Park. [4] The site at 16th and I Street NW, owned by the Mother Church, housed the Washington offices of the Church's Committee on Publication.
Thanks to the BACtrack C6 Keychain Breathalyzer, you'll never have to wonder again whether or not you're sober enough to get behind the wheel of a car. Of course you should never even consider ...
Prom season is in full swing, and while the fashion and rules may look different from the shindigs most parents remember, teens today are still eager to share a fun night with friends.
Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
BACtrack was founded by Keith Nothacker in 2001, during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania, when he began selling consumer products online. [3]In 2004, BACtrack received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance to sell the AlcoMate CA2000 breathalyzer. [4]
Inventor of the Breathalyzer Robert Frank Borkenstein (August 31, 1912 – August 10, 2002) was an American inventor, researcher, and professor. He is best known for inventing the breathalyzer , a device that is used to detect a person’s alcohol content from their breath.