Auburn Hills, [Mich.]-based auto supplier Takata is working on a device that
checks a driver's blood-alcohol level through the skin. Takata and its partner,
TruTouch in Albuquerque, N.M., have received a $2.25-million grant from the
Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), an industry group, to make the
device commercially viable. The team is working to make its current
breadbox-sized device that uses an infrared sensor to determine alcohol level
small enough, cheap enough and unobtrusive enough to be put on the car's start
button, said Kirk Morris, Takata's vice president of business development.
Takata is aiming to get the cost down to approximately $200 each.
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