USA Today: A pair of companies are working on a device that checks a driver’s blood-alcohol level through the skin. Takata, a Japanese company unit with its U.S. base in Auburn Hills, Mich., and its partner, TruTouch in Albuquerque, have received a $2.25-million grant from the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), an industry group, […]
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It may not be as large as the beer market in the US, but there is still some money to be made. Just ask Jake Schiffer, the founder of Leprechaun Cider Company, reports San Antonio Express-News Leprechaun Golden Cider hit the Houston market in March, but only on draft. In mid-September, 22-ounce bottles of the
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Blow Me is a company in the UK that will setup at your event and alcohol breath test everyone before they get into their cars to drive away. They use Draegar 6510 breathalyzer, the same one used by police forces across the UK. They are mostly booked the morning after cooperate events, after employees and
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According to the Jason Wilson, the author of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits, “The largest liquor companies in the world haven’t launched more than five hundred flavored vodkas because no one wanted to drink them.” More from the Weekly Standard: To wit, on your next trip
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furtakk on reddit.com: I live in Seoul. I always see things that I think would do super well back home, but for whatever reason (stricter laws, smaller population, less foot traffic, etc) they just wouldn’t work. Anyhow, these are some. Video Game/Movie Rooms – Rent a private room with a giant HDTV, surround sound, and
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Medical Daily: Scientists have created a mouth spray that can instantaneously intoxicate a person for a few seconds without the harmful effects of alcohol. One spray from the “WAHH Quantum Sensations” device is a small lip-stick sized aerosol can is enough for “a few seconds of intoxication,” according to its makers, French designer Philippe Starck
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News-Leader: Do you need a liquor license to sell booze-laced cake? That’s one of the questions local entrepreneur Frankie Murphy is wrestling with as she prepares to launch her new business Tipsy Bakery. Murphy, 24, said she got the idea, ironically, from her mother. “On my 21st birthday my mom made me a Jello-shot cake,”
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Tracy Reinhardt liked to relax with some of her homemade alcoholic concoctions. However, the night she decided to relax with some “adult” chocolate milk was the night the inspiration for a new business was born. From the start, Reinhardt and Halbur’s drink was a hit–before it was ever officially bottled. Through some of Reinhardt’s connections,
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Hangover Heaven is a hangover cure on wheels. Their bus continuously make loops up and down the Las Vegas Strip. Most of the larger casinos have a “Tour Bus†pick up area, that’s where you’ll want to crawl and wait for them to pick you up. “All of the casinos have this area pretty well
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A recent study found that in the last 30 years, the amount of money that Americans have spent on alcohol hasn’t really changed. One out of every $100 dollars American consumers spend goes toward alcohol. But, where Americans spend their money on booze has changed: in 1982, American spent 76% of their liquor money at
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