New German Mobile Phone to Detect Bad Breath

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-odd-germany-smell.html

New German Mobile Phone to Detect Bad Breath
By REUTERS

Filed at 12:43 p.m. ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German telecommunications company said on Tuesday it is developing the first mobile phone that will alert users when their breath is bad or if they are giving off offensive smells.

The phone will use a tiny chip measuring less than one millimeter to detect unpleasant odors, a spokeswoman for Siemens Mobile said....<snip>

``It examines the air in the immediate vicinity for anything from bad breath and alcohol to atmospheric gas levels,'' the spokeswoman said. ``Some people take smelling good rather seriously.''

[laruemtt]

1. and who said homo sapiens

is not the most intelligent species?.... <sarcasm>

[papau]

2. What if I like garlic and the phone doesn't? - can I still make a call?

So many questions!

:-)

[Endangered Specie]

3. Of all the things your averatge German needs to be worrying about

I think breath is towards the bottom of the list. How about a phone that doesnt elect right wing nuts?